Presidential breakdowns in Latin America : causes and outcomes of executive instability in developing democracies / edited by Mariana Llanos and Leiv Marsteintredet

Published:: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: xvii, 266 pages ; 22 cm
Additional Creators:: Llanos, Mariana, 1967- and Marsteintredet, Leiv

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Contents:

Introduction. Presidentialism and Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America / Mariana Llanos and Leiv Marsteintredet -- Pt. I. Comparative Perspectives -- 1. Presidentialism and Early Exits: The Role of Congress / Ana Maria Mustapic -- 2. Presidential and Democratic Breakdowns in Latin America: Similar Causes, Different Outcomes / Michael E. Alvarez and Leiv Marsteintredet -- Pt. II. Cases of Repeated Breakdown -- 3. Presidential Breakdowns in Argentina / Mariana Llanos -- 4. Parliamentary Solutions to Presidential Crises in Ecuador / Andres Mejia Acosta and John Polga-Hecimovich -- 5. Civil Society, Social Protest, and Presidential Breakdowns in Bolivia / Miguel A. Buitrago -- Pt. III. The Cases of Impeachment -- 6. The Collor Impeachment and Presidential Government in Brazil / Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo -- 7. The Impeachment of Carlos Andres Perez and the Collapse of Venezuelan Partyarchy / Rickard Lalander -- 8. Paraguay: The President in his General's Labyrinth / Detlef Nolte -- Pt. IV. Presidential Breakdowns Restoring Democratic Order -- 9. Guarding Privileges and Saving the Day: Guatemalan Elites and the Settlement of the Serranazo / Maren Christensen Bjune and Stina Petersen -- 10. The Dominican Republic and the Fall of Balaguer 1994-1996: Presidential Breakdown or Democratic Transition? / Leiv Marsteintredet -- 11. Peru and the Fujimori Presidential Breakdown in 2000: Continuismo Gone Bad / Einar Berntzen and Tor-Einar Holvik Skinlo -- Conclusions: Presidential Breakdowns Revisited / Mariana Llanos and Leiv Marsteintredet -- Epilogue / Mariana Llanos and Leiv Marsteintredet.

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9780230618190 (hbk.)
0230618197 (hbk.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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