Presidential Impeachment And The New Political Instability In Latin America

Author : Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139464451

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Presidential Impeachment and the New Political Instability in Latin America by Aníbal Pérez-Liñán Pdf

Documents the emergence of a pattern of political instability in Latin America. Traditional military coups have receded in the region, but elected presidents are still ousted from power as a result of recurrent crises. Aníbal Pérez-Liñán shows that presidential impeachment has become the main constitutional instrument employed by civilian elites to depose unpopular rulers. Based on detailed comparative research in five countries and extensive historical information, the book explains why crises without breakdown have become the dominant form of instability in recent years and why some presidents are removed from office while others survive in power. The analysis emphasizes the erosion of presidential approval resulting from corruption and unpopular policies, the formation of hostile coalitions in Congress, and the role of investigative journalism. This book challenges classic assumptions in studies of presidentialism and provides important insights for the fields of political communication, democratization, political behaviour, and institutional analysis.

Author : Aníbal S. Pérez Liñan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0511290632

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Presidential Impeachment and the New Political Instability in Latin America by Aníbal S. Pérez Liñan Pdf

Documents the emergence of a new pattern of political instability in Latin America. Traditional military coups have receded in the region, but elected presidents are still ousted from power as a result of recurrent crises. Anibal Perez-Linan shows that presidential impeachment has become the main constitutional instrument employed by civilian elites to depose unpopular rulers. Based on detailed comparative research in five countries and extensive historical information, the book explains why crises without breakdown have become the dominant form of instability in recent years and why some presidents are removed from office while others survive in power. The analysis emphasizes the erosion of presidential approval resulting from corruption and unpopular policies, the formation of hostile coalitions in Congress, and the role of investigative journalism. This book challenges classic assumptions in studies of presidentialism and provides important insights for the fields of political communication, democratization, political behaviour, and institutional analysis.

Author : M. Llanos,Leiv Marsteintredet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230105812

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Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America by M. Llanos,Leiv Marsteintredet Pdf

This volume is the first comprehensive analysis of a new type of executive instability without regime instability in Latin America referred to as "presidential breakdown." It includes a theoretical introduction framing the debate within the institutional literature on democracy and democratization, and the implications of this new type of executive instability for presidential democracies. Two comparative chapters analyze the causes, procedures, and outcomes of presidential breakdowns in a regional perspective, and country studies provide in-depth analyses of all countries in Latin America that have experienced one or several presidential breakdowns: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. The book also includes an epilogue on the 2009 presidential crisis in Honduras.

Author : Gustavo Palamone
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031441882

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Presidential Impeachment in Latin America by Gustavo Palamone Pdf

This book pursues a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to assess presidential impeachments in Latin America. Mixing methodologies from legal studies and political science, it provides a novel and comprehensive assessment of some of the most controversial questions regarding the constitutional function of impeachment and its place in the theory of government. Presidential impeachments have become frequent in Latin America, yet they are still largely misunderstood by legal practitioners and the general public. As such, impeachments frequently provide for heated and polarizing debates. The misunderstandings stem from skewed expectations arising from different theories of government, legal interpretation, and presidential impeachment. The empirical evidence and arguments presented here will help to find common ground on these topics and pacify some latent tensions in society and academia. In addition, the book’s case studies cover cases that have been rarely or incompletely addressed in the literature. Some cover events so recent that they have never been analyzed elsewhere. The book proposes reconsidering certain assumptions made about systems of government, which are based on skewed expectations of impeachments. It also draws on new evidence to re-examine existing impeachment theories and develop new ones. By doing so, it offers valuable insights that may guide lawmakers to redesign their own systems, optimizing them to achieve certain goals. It will also acquaint legal practitioners with the strategies of prosecution, defense, and decision-making in connection with impeachments.

Author : Scott Mainwaring,Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107433632

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Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America by Scott Mainwaring,Aníbal Pérez-Liñán Pdf

This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive or break down. It then analyzes the emergence, survival and fall of democracies and dictatorships in Latin America since 1900. Scott Mainwaring and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán argue for a theoretical approach situated between long-term structural and cultural explanations and short-term explanations that look at the decisions of specific leaders. They focus on the political preferences of powerful actors - the degree to which they embrace democracy as an intrinsically desirable end and their policy radicalism - to explain regime outcomes. They also demonstrate that transnational forces and influences are crucial to understand regional waves of democratization. Based on extensive research into the political histories of all twenty Latin American countries, this book offers the first extended analysis of regime emergence, survival and failure for all of Latin America over a long period of time.

Author : Gretchen Helmke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316889329

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Institutions on the Edge by Gretchen Helmke Pdf

Why does institutional instability pervade the developing world? Examining contemporary Latin America, Institutions on the Edge develops and tests a novel argument to explain why institutional crises emerge, spread, and repeat in some countries, but not in others. The book draws on formal bargaining theories developed in the conflict literature to offer the first unified micro-level account of inter-branch crises. In so doing, Helmke shows that concentrating power in the executive branch not only fuels presidential crises under divided government, but also triggers broader constitutional crises that cascade on to the legislature and the judiciary. Along the way, Helmke highlights the importance of public opinion and mass protests, and elucidates the conditions under which divided government matters for institutional instability.

Author : Tom Ginsburg,Rosalind Dixon
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780857931214

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Comparative Constitutional Law by Tom Ginsburg,Rosalind Dixon Pdf

This landmark volume of specially commissioned, original contributions by top international scholars organizes the issues and controversies of the rich and rapidly maturing field of comparative constitutional law. Divided into sections on constitutional design and redesign, identity, structure, individual rights and state duties, courts and constitutional interpretation, this comprehensive volume covers over 100 countries as well as a range of approaches to the boundaries of constitutional law. While some chapters reference the text of legal instruments expressly labeled constitutional, others focus on the idea of entrenchment or take a more functional approach. Challenging the current boundaries of the field, the contributors offer diverse perspectives - cultural, historical and institutional - as well as suggestions for future research. A unique and enlightening volume, Comparative Constitutional Law is an essential resource for students and scholars of the subject.

Author : Leiv Marsteintredet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8230809763

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Presidential Interruptions in Latin America by Leiv Marsteintredet Pdf

Author : Paul H. Lewis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0742537390

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Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America by Paul H. Lewis Pdf

This thoughtful text describes how Latin America's authoritarian culture has been and continues to be reflected in a variety of governments, from the near-anarchy of the early regional bosses (caudillos), to all-powerful personalistic dictators or oligarchic machines, to contemporary mass-movement regimes like Castro's Cuba or Peron's Argentina. Taking a student-friendly chronological approach, Paul Lewis also analyzes how the internal dynamics of each historical phase of the region's development led to the next. He describes how dominant ideologies of the period were used to shape, and justify, each regime's power structure. Balanced yet cautious about the future of democracy in the region, this accessible book will be invaluable for courses on contemporary Latin America.

Author : Charles H. Blake,Stephen D. Morris
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822973553

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Corruption & Democracy in Latin America by Charles H. Blake,Stephen D. Morris Pdf

A comparative analysis of the corruption of politics and democracy in Latin America focusing on Peru, Chile, Brazil, and Mexico.

Author : Mariana Llanos,Leiv Marsteintredet
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000904369

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Latin America in Times of Turbulence by Mariana Llanos,Leiv Marsteintredet Pdf

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781003324249, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This book accounts for and analyses the latest developments in Latin American presidential democracies, with a special focus on political institutions. The stellar line-up of renowned scholars of Latin American politics and institutions from Latin America, Europe, and the United States offer new insights into how democratic institutions have operated within the critical context that marked the political and social life of the region in the last few years: the eruption of popular protest and discontent, the widespread distrust of political institutions, and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic. Combining different methodological approaches, including cross-national studies, small-N studies, case studies, and quantitative and qualitative data, the contributions cluster around three themes: the problem with fixed terms and other features of presidentialism, inter-institutional relations and executive accountability, and old and new threats to democracy in these times of turmoil. The volume concludes with an assessment of the political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America. Beyond current scholars and students of comparative political scientists, Latin America in Times of Turbulence will be of great interest to a wide spectrum of readers interested in comparative systems of government, democracy studies, and Latin American politics more generally.

Author : Eduardo Alemán
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781071816240

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Latin American Politics by Eduardo Alemán Pdf

While it is true that poverty, political instability, and economic under-performance continue to be major problems in Latin America, the region has made substantial progress in raising standards of living and overcoming military authoritarianism. Latin American Politics reflects just how much the region has changed in the last two decades. Eduardo Alemán draws on contemporary research in comparative studies on institutions, elections, and public opinion to highlight the big questions that political scientists seek to answer today: What are the causes of political instability? What explains the gap in economic and political development between the United States and Latin America? Why have some revolutionaries triumphed when most have failed?

Author : Pablo T. Spiller,Ernesto H. Stein,Mariano Tommasi,Carlos Scartascini,Marcus André Melo,Bernardo Mueller,Carlos Pereira,Cristóbal Aninat,John Londregan,Patricio Navia,Joaquín Vial,Mauricio Cárdenas,Mónica Pachón,Andrés Mejía Acosta,María Caridad Araujo,Aníbal Pérez-Liñán,Sebastián Saiegh,Fabrice Lehoucq,Gabriel Negretto,Francisco Javier Aparicio,Benito Nacif,Allyson Lucinda Benton,José R. Molinas,Marcela Montero,Francisco Monaldi,Rosa Amelia González de Pacheco,Richard Obuchi,Michael Penfold
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597820615

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Policymaking in Latin America by Pablo T. Spiller,Ernesto H. Stein,Mariano Tommasi,Carlos Scartascini,Marcus André Melo,Bernardo Mueller,Carlos Pereira,Cristóbal Aninat,John Londregan,Patricio Navia,Joaquín Vial,Mauricio Cárdenas,Mónica Pachón,Andrés Mejía Acosta,María Caridad Araujo,Aníbal Pérez-Liñán,Sebastián Saiegh,Fabrice Lehoucq,Gabriel Negretto,Francisco Javier Aparicio,Benito Nacif,Allyson Lucinda Benton,José R. Molinas,Marcela Montero,Francisco Monaldi,Rosa Amelia González de Pacheco,Richard Obuchi,Michael Penfold Pdf

What determines the capacity of countries to design, approve and implement effective public policies? To address this question, this book builds on the results of case studies of political institutions, policymaking processes, and policy outcomes in eight Latin American countries. The result is a volume that benefits from both micro detail on the intricacies of policymaking in individual countries and a broad cross-country interdisciplinary analysis of policymaking processes in the region.

Author : Diana Kapiszewski,Steven Levitsky,Deborah J. Yashar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108842044

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The Inclusionary Turn in Latin American Democracies by Diana Kapiszewski,Steven Levitsky,Deborah J. Yashar Pdf

This volume analyzes how enduring democracy amid longstanding inequality engendered inclusionary reform in contemporary Latin America.

Author : Peter Kingstone,Deborah J. Yashar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135280307

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Routledge Handbook of Latin American Politics by Peter Kingstone,Deborah J. Yashar Pdf

Latin America has been one of the critical areas in the study of comparative politics. The region’s experiments with installing and deepening democracy and promoting alternative modes of economic development have generated intriguing and enduring empirical puzzles. In turn, Latin America’s challenges continue to spawn original and vital work on central questions in comparative politics: about the origins of democracy; about the relationship between state and society; about the nature of citizenship; about the balance between state and market. The richness and diversity of the study of Latin American politics makes it hard to stay abreast of the developments in the many sub-literatures of the field. The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Politics offers an intellectually rigorous overview of the state of the field and a thoughtful guide to the direction of future scholarship. Kingstone and Yashar bring together the leading figures in the study of Latin America to present extensive empirical coverage, new original research, and a cutting-edge examination of the central areas of inquiry in the region.