| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 241 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 constitutional instrument employed by civilian elites to depose unpopular rulers. Based on detailed comparative research in five countries and extensive historical information, the book explains why crises without breakdown have become the dominant form of instability in recent years and why some presidents are removed from office while others survive in power. The analysis emphasizes the erosion of presidential approval resulting from corruption and unpopular policies, the formation of hostile coalitions in Congress, and the role of investigative journalism. This book challenges classic assumptions in studies of presidentialism and provides important insights for the fields of political communication, democratization, political behaviour, and institutional analysis. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Impeachments -- Latin America.
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Impeachments. |
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Latin America. |
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Political corruption -- Latin America.
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Political corruption. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pérez Liñan, Aníbal S. Presidential impeachment and the new political instability in Latin America. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521869423 0521869420 (DLC) 2006035960 (OCoLC)74987704 |
| ISBN |
9780511290633 (electronic book) |
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0511290632 (electronic book) |
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0511290039 (electronic book) |
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9780511290039 (electronic book) |
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0521869420 (Cloth) |
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9780521869423 (hardback) |
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