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

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Presidentialism and Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 14-14
Presidentialism and Early Exits: The Role of Congress....Pages 17-32
Presidential and Democratic Breakdowns in Latin America: Similar Causes, Different Outcomes....Pages 33-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Presidential Breakdowns in Argentina....Pages 55-71
Parliamentary Solutions to Presidential Crises in Ecuador....Pages 73-90
Civil Society, Social Protest, and Presidential Breakdowns in Bolivia....Pages 91-107
Front Matter....Pages 108-108
The Collor Impeachment and Presidential Government in Brazil....Pages 111-127
The Impeachment of Carlos Andrés Pérez and the Collapse of Venezuelan Partyarchy....Pages 129-145
Paraguay: The President in his General’s Labyrinth....Pages 147-161
Front Matter....Pages 162-162
Guarding Privileges and Saving the Day: Guatemalan Elites and the Settlement of the Serranazo....Pages 165-180
The Dominican Republic and the Fall of Balaguer 1994–1996: Presidential Breakdown or Democratic Transition?....Pages 181-196
Peru and the Fujimori Presidential Breakdown in 2000: Continuismo Gone Bad....Pages 197-211
Conclusions: Presidential Breakdowns Revisited....Pages 213-228
Epilogue....Pages 229-237
Back Matter....Pages 239-266