The President and Congress in Postauthoritarian Chile: Institutional Constraints to Democratic Consolidation

by Peter Siavelis

As many formerly authoritarian regimes have been replaced by democratic governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere, questions have arisen about the stability and durability of these new governments. One concern has to do with the institutional arrangements for governing bequeathed to the new democratic regimes by their authoritarian predecessors and with the related issue of whether presidential or parliamentary systems work better...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271019484
• ISBN13: 9780271019482
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"