Eric Raile, assistant professor of political science, recently had three papers accepted for publication. Raile and co-writers Timothy Power from Oxford University and Carlos Pereira from Michigan State University will have “The Executive Toolbox: Building Legislative Support in a Multiparty Presidential Regime” published in Political Research Quarterly. Their piece, titled “Presidentialism, Coalitions and Accountability,” will appear in an edited volume published by the University of Notre Dame Press. A third piece, “Presidencialismo de Coalizão e Recompensas Paralelas: Explicando o Escândalo de Mensalão,” will appear in an edited volume from the UFMG Press in Brazil.

The three papers come from a line of research that examines the complex and strategic trading of resources between the executive and legislative branches in Brazil – a multiparty presidential regime. Two of the papers also look at how these trades and bargaining conditions led to the mensalão corruption scandal in Brazil. The work integrates previous research on pork, political appointments and policy outcomes.