Institutions on the Edge - The Origins and Consequences of Inter-Branch Crises in Latin America

Informationen zum Autor Gretchen Helmke is Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester, New York. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Klappentext Drawing on contemporary Latin America, this book argues that concentrating power in the executive branch destabilizes presidents, legislatures, and courts. Zusammenfassung Why do institutional crises emerge! spread! and repeat in some Latin American countries! but not in others? This book shows that concentrating power in the executive branch not only fuels presidential crises under divided government! but also triggers broader constitutional crises that cascade on to the legislature and the judiciary. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Inter-branch crises in Latin America; 3. Institutional crises as bargaining failures; 4. Why the mighty fall: explaining the onset of presidential crises in contemporary Latin America; 5. Constitutional coups as a commitment problem; 6. Caught in the cross-fire? Inter-branch crises and judicial instability; 7. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Gretchen Helmke, Gretchen (University of Rochester Helmke, Helmke Gretchen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2017
• EAN: 9780521738408
• ISBN: 978-0-521-73840-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Political activism, Political structure & processes, Comparative Politics, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Political structure and processes, Political activism / Political engagement