Presidential breakdowns in Latin America : causes and outcomes of executive instability in developing democracies /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. |
| Description: | xvii, 266 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7994228 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Presidentialism and Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America
- Part I. Comparative Perspectives
- 1. Presidentialism and Early Exits: The Role of Congress
- 2. Presidential and Democratic Breakdowns in Latin America: Similar Causes, Different Outcomes
- Part II. Cases of Repeated Breakdown
- 3. Presidential Breakdowns in Argentina
- 4. Parliamentary Solutions to Presidential Crises in Ecuador
- 5. Civil Society, Social Protest, and Presidential Breakdowns in Bolivia
- Part III. The Cases of Impeachment
- 6. The Collor Impeachment and Presidential Government in Brazil
- 7. The Impeachment of Carlos Andrés Pérez and the Collapse of Venezuelan Partyarchy
- 8. Paraguay: The President in his General's Labyrinth
- Part IV. Presidential Breakdowns Restoring Democratic Order
- 9. Guarding Privileges and Saving the Day: Guatemalan Elites and the Settlement of the Serranazo
- 10. The Dominican Republic and the Fall of Balaguer 1994-1996: Presidential Breakdown or Democratic Transition?
- 11. Peru and the Fujimori Presidential Breakdown in 2000: Continuismo Gone Bad
- Conclusions: Presidential Breakdowns Revisited
- Epilogue
- References
- Contributors
- Index