Anibal Perez-Linan

Presidential Impeachment and the New Political Instability in Latin America

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Produktbeschreibung

This book documents the emergence of a pattern of political instability in Latin America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780521178495
• ISBN-10: 0521178495
• Artikelnr.: 28525524

Autorenporträt

Anníbal Pérez-Líñan is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Born in Argentina, Pérez-Liñán has conducted extensive research in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Venezuela. He has published articles in academic journals in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, Great Britain, Spain, the United States, and Uruguay. His most recent articles have been published in the Journal of Politics, Electoral Studies, and Comparative Political Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Institutional crises in presidential regimes
2. Five cases of impeachment and a presumed madman
3. Presidential crises and the decline of military intervention
4. Latin America in the age of scandal
5. Scandals and the political economy of popular outrage
6. Building a legislative shield: the institutional determinants of impeachment
7. Towards a new pattern of political instability
8. Rethinking Latin American presidentialism.