Mudança institucional não democrática minirreforma eleitoral de 2015/2017 e o processo de oligarquização do sistema partidário brasileiro

Abstract

The research analyzes the impacts of the 2015/2017 electoral mini-reform on the Brazilian party system. Based on the theory of institutional changes and oligarchization processes in party systems, the legislative proposals that culminated in the new rules implemented in Brazil are examined. The form and speed of the proposals' passage through the respective legislative houses are described and analyzed, as well as the role of parliamentarians in presenting amendments and substitutes to the initial proposals. The proposed theoretical model and the results obtained indicate that the initial proposals were substantially altered during the legislative process, ultimately strengthening party elites. This suggests the confirmation of the hypothesis that the gradual implementation of the new rules in the electoral system contributed to the oligarchization process of the Brazilian party system, potentially deepening the crisis of representation in the Brazilian political-electoral system.