Presidential impeachment and the new political instability in Latin America
By: Aníbal Pérez-Liñán.
Series: Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780521869423
Subjects: Impeachments -- Latin America; Political corruption -- Latin America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Institutional crises in presidential regimes; title: Five cases of impeachment and a presumed madman; title: Presidential crises and the decline of military intervention; title: Latin America in the age of scandal; title: Scandals and the political economy of popular outrage; title: Building a legislative shield: the institutional determinants of impeachment; title: Towards a new pattern of political instability; title: Rethinking Latin American presidentialism.