Brazil Offers a Challenge to the Study of Comparative Politics

question 66

Multiple Choice

Brazil offers a challenge to the study of comparative politics because of all of the following EXCEPT

• A) it has had periods of both centralization and decentralization, both of which have strengthened and weakened the state's capacity.
• B) it demonstrates how the lack of coherent party systems and electoral institutions can endanger democracy.
• C) even while the country has developed economically, it has become a more socially unequal country.
• D) the complex divisions that afflict the country's collective identities challenge attempts to address its problems.
• E) despite its transition to democracy, the constant threat of military intervention highlights the fragile nature of its political system.

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