Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America: Causes and Outcomes of Executive Instability in Developing Democracies

Llanos, M.

This volume is the first comprehensive analysis of a new type of executive instability without regime instability in Latin America referred to as "presidential breakdown." It includes a theoretical introduction framing the debate within the institutional literature on democracy and democratization, and the implications of this new type of executive instability for presidential democracies. Two comparative chapters analyze the causes, procedures, and outcomes of presidential breakdowns in a regional perspective, and country studies provide in-depth analyses of all countries in Latin America that have experienced one or several presidential breakdowns: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. The book also includes an epilogue on the 2009 presidential crisis in Honduras.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-04-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230618190

DOI: 10.1057/9780230105812

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 266