Thursday, March 3, 2011

Political Structure

Presidential System:
President Dilma Rousseff

Bicameral Legislature:
Congress--> Senate and Chamber of Deputies

Governors in Federal Districts: includes Legislative Assemblies for each region (26 states in the Federal District--Rio de Janeiro)

Local Governments:
Mayors and City Counsels

Almonds, Gabriel A., G. Bingham Powell Jr., Russell J. Dalton, Kaare Strom. Comparative Politics Today: A World View. New York: Longman, 2010. p. 512.

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