Screen LibraryPresidential breakdowns in Latin America Causes and outcomes of executive instability in developing democracies /
'A worrisome proportion of democratically elected presidents in Latin America fail to complete their terms in office. This collection represents a major advance in our understanding of contemporary democracy in the region. Contrary to journalistic interpretations, the authors demonstrate that p...
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| Language: | English |
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'A worrisome proportion of democratically elected presidents in Latin America fail to complete their terms in office. This collection represents a major advance in our understanding of contemporary democracy in the region. Contrary to journalistic interpretations, the authors demonstrate that presidential breakdown is driven more by executive-legislative relations than by popular protests -- and also that recent presidential breakdowns are more likely to lead to the reequilibration of a democratic regime than to its demise. In combining creative theory-building with detailed coverage of recent political history, this volume is a major contribution to comparative presidentialism and to the study of Latin American democracy.' - Timothy J. Power, University of Oxford 'The choice of the term 'presidential breakdown' to conceptually describe the many early presidential exits in Latin America is right on target, as it accurately describes one of the most interesting phenomena in Latin American presidentialism, brilliantly treated by the authors. The detailed knowledge of these breakdown processes, presented from a comparative perspective, is one of the great attributes of this must-read book.' - Manuel Alcantara, Universidad de Salamanca. |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 288 p. |
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9780230618190 9780230105812 : 0230105815 : |
| CLC: | K837.127 |
| Contents: | PART I: Presidential breakdowns in Latin America: Comparative Perspectives * Introduction: Causes and outcomes of Presidential Breakdowns - Mariana Llanos and Leiv Marsteintredet * Presidential breakdowns and democratic breakdowns in Latin America: Similar causes, different outcomes - Michael E. Alvarez and Leiv Marsteintredet * Latin American Presidential Resignations and the Role of Congress - Ana Maria Mustapic * Part II: Presidential breakdowns In Latin America: case-studies * Minority Governments and Interrupted Presidencies: The Modern Iron Law of Argentine Politics? - Mariana Llanos * Failed presidencies and the Presidential System of Government: The Case of Bolivia - Miguel A. Buitrago * Presidential breakdowns and the slow-motion deterioration of Ecuadorian Democracy - Monica Boe * Peru 1990-2000: the Fujimori Legacy on presidentialism - Tor Einar Holvik-Skinlo and Einar Berntzen * Presidential Failure in an Unlikely Case: the case of Carlos Andres Perez in Venezuela - Annegret Mahler * The Serranazo: A tale of an Announced Presidential Breakdown - Maren Christensen Bjune and Stina S. Petersen * The Negotiated Breakdown of the Balaguer Presidency - Leiv Marsteintredet. |