Silva, PatríciaSilveira, PedroParis, AndréCamerlo, Marcelo2024-11-112024-11-112023http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/14574It is not by chance that Schattschneider’s (1942: 1) famous statement ‘modern democracy is unthinkable save in terms of parties’ became a truism1. Without these political institutions, voters would lack meaningful choices and have difficulty controlling ex ante and ex post decision-makers. The party government model emphasizes parties’ relevance in the government process and composition (Katz 1986; Blondel and Cotta 1996). [...]engPolitical elitesbook parthttp://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351046916-7