Neither the expertise nor the fidelity: the determinants for the selection of parliamentarians to the positions of the Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense

Abstract

This paper aims to obtain the field of political science, the approach the party strategies adopted for recruiting to occupy positions in the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense, under the brazilian democratic regime. The neo- institutionalism was been adopted by most authors who have study with this issue, and therefore, this article promotes a discussion based on these theoretical foundations. Through a descriptive process, a literature review finding evidence that neither the expertise nor the party loyalty was made determine and guide the choices made by party leaders. At the end of this paper search suggestions appear, evidence observed in the field of political science, which may or not be confirmed by quantitative methods for any other student.