The article explores the impact of agribusiness on the politics of legislative elections in Brazil. The central argument is that social contexts dominated by agribusiness tend to amplify the number of right-wing micro-parties, due firstly to the economic interests prevalent in such regions and secondly given the ‘catch all’ nature of Brazil's traditional right and centre-right political parties. By showing how agribusiness favours the proliferation of small parties, we may also reveal one of the main reasons behind the ‘hyperfragmentation’ of Brazil's party system.

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巴西的农业综合企业、立法选举和政党分裂

本文探讨了农业综合企业对巴西立法选举政治的影响。核心论点是，农业综合企业主导的社会环境往往会增加右翼微型政党的数量，首先是因为这些地区普遍存在经济利益，其次是考虑到巴西传统右翼和中右翼的“包罗万象”性质政党。通过展示农业企业如何有利于小政党的扩散，我们还可以揭示巴西政党体系“高度碎片化”背后的主要原因之一。