Checking Executive Power (eBook, PDF)

Presidential Impeachment in Comparative Perspective
Redaktion: Baumgartner, Jody C.; Kada, Naoko

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Baumgartner, Kada, and thier contributors examine presidential impeachment in such varied settings as the United States, Russia, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, the Philippines, and Madagascar. In all of these countries there has been a serious impeachment attempt within the past decade or so. The results of each impeachment attempt vary, from unnsuccessful attempts to those which were successful; in the latter case, some resulted in presidents remaining in office, others in removal of the president, and, in one case, the forced resignation of a president.

The common framework of each analysis includes a discussion of the historical and constitional bases of the presidency, the institutional balance of power, provisions for impeachment, and the structure of party politics in each country; in addition, the role that public opinion plays in the process is discussed. While broad, the framework permits comparison between the cases and some general conclusions about all phases of the impeachment process and executive accountability can be drawn. One of the most important conclusions is that contrary to popular wisdom, impeachment is most definitively not a strictly legal process, but rather one that is highly political from start to finish. As the volume makes clear, it is most useful to view impeachment by way of examining the intersection of executive-legislative relations, partisan political conflict, and public opinion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313051838
• Artikelnr.: 37817866

Autorenporträt

JODY C. BAUMGARTNER is an independent scholar and researcher who has taught at Miami University and the American University in Armenia. Among his earlier publicaitons is Modern Presidential Electioneering: An Organizational and Comparative Approach (Praeger, 2000). NAOKO KADA is with the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Her research interests focus on executive-legislative relations, political corruption, the political role of the judiciary, and the civil society.

Inhaltsangabe

Comparative Presidential Impeachment: Introduction by Jody Baumgartner The
Political Nature of Presidential Impeachment in the United States by
William B. Perkins Weak Institutions and Strong Movements: The Case of
President Estrada's Impeachment in the Philippines by Yuko Kasuya
Presidential Impeachment and the Politics of Survival: The Case of Columbia
by Anibal S. Perez-Linan and Victor J. Hinojosa Madagascar: Impeachment as
Parlimentary Coup D'etat by Philip M. Allen Impeachment, Russian Style
(1998-99) by Jody Baumgartner Impeachment as a Punishment for Corruption?
The Cases of Brazil and Venezuela by Naoka Kada Comparative Presidential
Impeachment: Conclusions by Naoko Kada Endnotes Recommended Readings