'A major contribution to our understanding of anti-partisanship and a valuable corrective to much of the received wisdom that dominated our understanding of Brazilian politics in the 1990s and 2000s.' Taylor C. Boas, Boston University
1. Introduction; 2. Partisanship and antipartisanship in Brazil; 3. The strength of partisan attitudes in Brazil; 4. The rise (and decline) of Petismo; 5. Partisanship, antipartisanship, and voting behavior; 6. Partisanship and antipartisanship in comparative perspective; 7. Parties, voters and Brazilian democracy; References; Index.