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

by Mariana Llanos

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230618197
• ISBN13: 9780230618190
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"