Institutions on the edge : the origins and consequences of inter-branch crises in Latin America /
Why does institutional instability pervade the developing world? Examining contemporary Latin America, Institutions on the Edge develops and tests a novel argument to explain why institutional crises emerge, spread, and repeat in some countries, but not in others. The book draws on formal bargaining...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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Series: | Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Inter-branch crises in Latin America; 3. Institutional crises as bargaining failures; 4. Why the mighty fall: explaining the onset of presidential crises in contemporary Latin America; 5. Constitutional coups as a commitment problem; 6. Caught in the cross-fire? Inter-branch crises and judicial instability; 7. Conclusion.