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Democracy, dictatorship, and term limits /

A national constitution or other statute typically specifies restrictions on executive power, often including a limit to the number of terms the chief executive may hold office. In recent decades, however, some presidents of newly established democracies have extended their tenure by various semileg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baturo, Alexander (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2014]
Colección:New comparative politics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : term limits and the new Caesarism
  • Term limits in historical pserspective
  • Continuismo in comparison : from a few more years to a presidency for life
  • The costs and benefits of leaving presidential office
  • The stakes of losing office in comparison
  • Endogenous term limits : statistical analyses
  • Personal background of presidents and constitutional compliance
  • Effects of presidential term limits
  • Conclusion: presidentialism, democracy and term limits
  • Appendix: Continuismo and constitutions.