Reducing the Perils of Presidentialism in Latin America through Presidential Interruptions

Marsteintredet, Leiv; Berntzen, Einar

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“…In some cases, the resolution of these crises involves a presidential fall, which is provoked by an unsopportive congress or a popular uprising (or a combination of both). Table 1 in Marsteintredet and Berntzen (2008) clearly shows that the number of interrupted presidencies has greatly increased in the last fifteen years. In this case, then, it seems that political science is catching up with a new reality, rather than re--interepreting an existing reality.…”

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“…If the congress uses the impeachment process more often, the balance of power between the executive and the legislative branches of government may be shifting. Some scholars argue that recent trends represent a "de facto flexibilization and/or parliamentarization of Latin American regimes" (Marsteintredet & Berntzen, 2008). It is probably too early to tell, but the increase in the number of interrupted presidencies represents another blow to the overly schematic view of presidential systems presented by Linz in the early 1990s.…”

Section: The Study Of Interrupted Presidenciesmentioning

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The Evolution of the Study of Executive-Legislative Relations in Latin America: Or How Theory Slowly Catches Up with Reality

Carreras

2012

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Abstract. The last twenty years have witnessed an explosion in the number of books and articles that focus on executive-legislative relations in Latin America. Since the publication of the seminal Linz article on the "perils of presidentialism" (1990), we have learnt a lot about the interaction between the executive and the legislative branch of government. This review article attempts to make sense of the evolution of the study of executivelegislative relations, by focusing on the inconsistencies between the mainstream theoretical approaches and the reality of executive-legislative relations in the region. Three major changes in the study of executive-legislative relations (unpacking of the "black box" of presidentialism, study of presidential coalitions, and analysis of impeachment processes) are discussed.

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Section: The Study Of Interrupted Presidenciesmentioning

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The Evolution of the Study of Executive-Legislative Relations in Latin America: Or How Theory Slowly Catches Up with Reality

Carreras

2012

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“…Se habría recurrido así a mecanismos paraconstitucionales que acercaron el régimen presidencial a la flexibilización del parlamentarismo mediante los recursos de la renuncia presidencial, las elecciones anticipadas y prácticas equivalentes al voto de censura. Los peligros del presidencialismo, apuntados por Linz, podrían entonces evitarse, señalan Marsteintredet y Berntzen (2008). Una pregunta importante que recién empieza a responderse (Hochstetler y Samuels, 2011), es ¿cómo son los gobiernos que emergen luego de las caídas presidenciales?…”

Section: La Revocatoria Y La Teoría De Las Interrupciones Presidencialesunclassified

Presidencialismo y Revocatoria de mandato presidencial en América Latina

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Eberhardt

2017

Política Soc.

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Resumen. La revocatoria de mandato es un mecanismo de participación y control ciudadano enmarcado principalmente en la tercera ola de la democratización y las reformas políticas y constitucionales de los ´90 en Latinoamérica. Forma parte de las innovaciones incorporadas por los gobernantes como respuesta a la crisis de representación. Su adopción abre interrogantes más profundos sobre: la metamorfosis de la representación moderna (un cierto acercamiento al "mandato imperativo"), las transformaciones del régimen presidencial (flexibilización, cuasi-parlamentarización), las nuevas formas de caídas presidenciales y de resolución de crisis, y la democratización del gobierno (al habilitarse otra instancia de votación orientada a la destitución de funcionarios electos). En tal sentido, el trabajo tiene dos objetivos: analizar conceptualmente la revocatoria de mandato y, específicamente, la revocatoria presidencial (existente sólo en Venezuela, Bolivia y Ecuador); y vincular a este mecanismo con el debate sobre el presidencialismo latinoamericano (pues se considera que produce modificaciones potenciales en el sistema presidencial), con la teoría de los tipos de sucesión constitucional y con la teoría de las interrupciones presidenciales (ya que la revocatoria constituye otro de los dispositivos de destitución disponibles en casos de crisis institucionales). Se trata, por tanto, de un estudio teórico que pretende conceptualizar un tipo determinado de revocatoria de mandato y enlazarlo con otros desarrollos teóricos de los cuales ha estado ausente. Ésas y otras implicancias, teóricas y de ingeniería institucional, motivan este artículo, para dilucidar las potencialidades y los efectos directos e indirectos que la incorporación de este mecanismo plantea para las democracias presidenciales latinoamericanas. Palabras clave: presidencialismo; revocatoria de mandato; interrupciones presidenciales; América Latina; representación [en] Presidentialism and Recall in Latin AmericaAbstract. Recall is a citizen participation and control mechanism principally framed in the third wave of democratization and in the 90s Latin America`s political and constitutional reforms. It appeared between the innovations introduced by the rulers in response to the crisis of representation. Its appearance opens deep questions about: the metamorphosis of modern representation (a certain approach to the "imperative mandate"), the changes in the presidential system (relaxation, quasi-parliamentarization), new forms of presidential falls and crisis resolution, and the 1 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina).

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“…Other scholars, however, have drawn the opposite conclusion: after the third wave of democratization, executive-legislative conflict was not enough to destabilize Latin American presidential democracies. Those analyses have embraced the thesis of "parliamentarization" of presidential regimes, suggesting that the repeated use of impeachments or declarations of incapacity to oust unpopular leaders resembles the vote of no confidence characteristic of parliamentary systems (Bosoer 2006;Carey 2005;Marsteintredet and Berntzen 2008;Mustapic 2005;Pérez-Liñán 2005;Schamis 2002).…”

Section: Mobilization and Parliamentarization: Lessons From Paraguaymentioning

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A Two-Level Theory of Presidential Instability

Pérez‐Liñán¹

2014

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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This article analyzes the conditions that facilitate the ousting of Latin American presidents and the mechanisms that prevent their downfall. Drawing lessons from the impeachment of Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo, it extends previous arguments about the “legislative shield” to show that the same forces that sometimes conspire to terminate an administration at other times work to resist its demise. The argument underscores the interaction between legislators and social movements, two prominent actors in the literature on presidential instability. The article presents a two‐level theory to identify possible configurations of mass and legislative alignments, and tests some implications of the theory with data for 116 Latin American presidents over 28 years. Multiple comparison tests based on random effects logistic models show that popular protests can be neutralized by strong support in Congress, and hint at the possibility that legislative threats can be neutralized by loyal demonstrators in the streets.

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Reducing the Perils of Presidentialism in Latin America through Presidential Interruptions

Cited by 58 publications

References 5 publications

The Evolution of the Study of Executive-Legislative Relations in Latin America: Or How Theory Slowly Catches Up with Reality

The Evolution of the Study of Executive-Legislative Relations in Latin America: Or How Theory Slowly Catches Up with Reality

Presidencialismo y Revocatoria de mandato presidencial en América Latina

A Two-Level Theory of Presidential Instability

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