@article{2022:machado:authoritar,
title = {Authoritarian Zones within Democracy: Rule of Law in Contemporary Brazil},
year = {2022},
note = {President Jair Bolsonaro’s government (2019-2022) brought
unprecedented turmoil to the Brazilian democracy. In this paper, we
argue that Bolsonaro’s government builds on and expands pre-existing
zones of authoritarianism embedded in the country. We illustrate the
intricacies and perils of sustaining and expanding zones of
authoritarianism in the Brazilian case in two domains: corruption and
police violence, areas that represent some of the most important
unsolved puzzles of redemocratization. They are bound together by the
centrality of impunity, where unchecked power creates zones where the
Rule of Law is contested. By illustrating the struggles to build
accountability in these areas, we discuss the challenges that
pre-existing zones of authoritarianism pose to democracy and how new
autocrats have mobilized them. We also highlight analytical as well as
empirical challenges for those studying autocratization processes in
countries that are as hybrid or dual legal orders.},
journal = {VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee},
pages = {441--458},
author = {Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis and Pimenta, Raquel de Mattos},
volume = {55},
number = {4}
}