Coalition Presidentialism in Bicameral Congresses: How does the Control of a Bicameral Majority Affect Coalition Survival?

Why do parties cooperate in presidentialism? Electoral and government coalition formation in Latin America

“…The findings in this article are important insofar as yielding critical insight into partisan strategies in both the run-up to elections and the maintenance of governments. It is consistent with recent research that has found that coalition formation is more likely under some scenarios, such as bicameralism (Albala, 2017) and formateur majority (Kellam, 2015). Other relationships need to be further explored, such as the link between the size of the legislature and electoral coalitions as well as the link between the age of democracy and government coalitions.…”

“…The tension between the conventional view and the actual behavior of coalitions in the presidential regimes requires a revision. While the overall trend of coalition formation in the region has fostered a growing scholarly interest in regime survival (Cheibub and Limongi, 2002;Neto and Samuels, 2011), the process of cabinet formation (Altman, 2000, Martínez Gallardo, 2012, 2014Camerlo and Martínez-Gallardo, 2017), legislative performance (Alemán and Saiegh, 2007), executive-legislative crisis (Pérez-Liñán, 2005), bicameralism and federalism (Albala, 2017) fundamental questions on the determinants of coalition formation remain unanswered. Why do parties cooperate with one another in presidentialism?…”

“…While there is substantive literature assessing the relationship between the executive and legislative branches in presidential regimes, there is much less on the determinants of electoral and government coalition formation (see recent contributions by Albala, 2016Albala, , 2017Alemán and Tsebelis, 2011;Chaisty and Chernykh, 2017;Chaisty et al, 2018;Freudenreich, 2016;Kellam, 2015Kellam, , 2017Spoon and West, 2015). This can be mainly explained as a backlash to the faulty conclusions derived from the three waves of literature comparing parliamentary and presidential regimes.…”

Bicameralism and Coalition Cabinets in Presidential Polities: A configurational analysis of the coalition formation and duration processes

“…Moreover, applied to presidential regimes, I have shown in a previous work that the withholding of a bicameral majority has no clear impact on the survival of a coalition cabinet (Albala, 2017). However, this finding did not concern the duration of a coalition pact.…”

Reglas informales y centro de gobierno: la reforma de las políticas de infancia en el presidencialismo chileno (2014-2018)

“…El presidencialismo ha sido extensamente estudiado en América Latina, dada su centralidad como forma de gobierno y las amplias atribuciones con las que cuenta el presidente (Borges y Turgeon, 2017;Ínacio y Llanos, 2016;Siavelis, 2016;Pereira y Melo, 2012;Negretto, 2006). En la literatura se ha abordado el tema analizando sistemas de partidos (Pereira y Melo, 2012;Hochstetler, 2006;Mainwaring, 1993), coaliciones de gobierno (Albala, 2017; Borges y Turgeon, 2017; Chaisty y Chernyk, 2017) y la formación de gabinetes presidenciales (Chaisty y Power, 2018;Siavelis, 2016;Martínez-Gallardo, 2014).…”