Presidential impeachment and the new political instability in Latin America /

Documents the emergence of a pattern of political instability in Latin America. Traditional military coups have receded in the region, but elected presidents are still ousted from power as a result of recurrent crises. Aníbal Pérez-Liñán shows that presidential impeachment has become the main co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pérez Liñan, Aníbal S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Colección:Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Temas:
Impeachments > Latin America.
Political corruption > Latin America.
Procédure de destitution > Amérique latine.
Corruption (Politique) > Amérique latine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Impeachments
Political corruption
Latin America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Institutional crises in presidential regimes
  • Five cases of impeachment and a presumed madman
  • Presidential crises and the decline of military intervention
  • Latin America in the age of scandal
  • Scandals and the political economy of popular outrage
  • Building a legislative shield: the institutional determinants of impeachment
  • Towards a new pattern of political instability
  • Rethinking Latin American presidentialism.

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