Banca Examinadora
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Prof. Dr. Bruno Pinheiro Wanderley Reis - Orientador (DCP/UFMG) Prof. Dr. Felipe Nunes dos Santos (DCP/UFMG) Prof. Dr. Thiago Moreira da Silva (DCP/UFMG) Prof. Dr. Gabriel Ávila Casalecchi (UFSCar) Profa. Drª. Luciana Fernandes Veiga (UNIRIO) |
Resumo |
This dissertation investigates the relationship between compulsory voting (CV) and the
quality of the political representation process. I discuss the notion of quality regarding
various approaches to the political representation process and seek to answer the question:
does mandatory voting hinder the quality of the political representation process? To that
end, I offer a structured analysis of the literature on the second-order effects of CV and
explore how the existing research relates to the distinct aspects of the political
representation process. I also identify the theoretical background of different approaches to
the idea of quality in the process of political representation and offer an empirical
assessment of it: the accountability model as measured by economic voting. I conduct two
sets of analyses to test the hypotheses: one based on an aggregate-level database I
constructed and the other based on individual-level data from the Comparative Study of
Electoral Systems. The data do not support the general hypothesis: there is no evidence that
CV hinders the accountability process. Whether at the macro or micro level, assessed
objectively or subjectively, economic issues relate to the process of political representation
in the same way under compulsory and voluntary voting systems. |