Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America

Herausgeber: Lange, Peter; Shugart, Matthew S.; Mainwaring, Scott

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2001 book addresses the current debate regarding the liabilities and merits of presidential government.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 967g
• ISBN-13: 9780521572668
• ISBN-10: 0521572665
• Artikelnr.: 34560311

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Scott Mainwaring and Matthew
Soberg Shugart; 1. Presidentialism and democracy in Latin America:
rethinking the terms of the debate Matthew Soberg Shugart and Scott
Mainwaring; 2. Multipartism, robust federalism, and presidentialism in
Brazil Scott Mainwaring; 3. The unrealized potential of presidential
dominance in Colombia Ronald P. Archer and Matthew Soberg Shugart; 4.
Presidential behavior in a system with strong parties: Venezuela, 1958-95
Brian F. Crisp; 5. Strong candidates for a limited office: presidentialism
and political parties in Costa Rica John M. Carey; 6. Political sources of
presidencialismo in Mexico Jeffrey Weldon; 7. Evaluating Argentina's
presidential democracy: 1983-95 Mark P. Jones; 8. In defense of
presidentialism: the case of Chile, 1932-70 Julio Faundez; 9.
Executive-legislative relations in post-Pinochet Chile: a preliminary
assessment Peter M. Siavelis; 10. Hybrid presidentialism and
democratization: the case of Bolivia Eduardo A. Gamarra; 11. Conclusion:
presidentialism and the party system Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Soberg
Shugart; Appendix: outlines of constitutional powers in Latin America John
M. Carey, Octávio Amorim Neto and Matthew Soberg Shugart; References;
Index.