Minority Presidents and Democratic Performance in Latin America

All the President's Men and Women: Coalition Management Strategies and Governing Costs in a Multiparty Presidency

“…Empirical analysis of parliamentary regimes provides evidence for both the former (Carroll and Cox ) and the latter (Ansolabehere et al ). More proportional cabinets simply emerge as better practice in this literature and in the literature concerning multiparty presidentialism (see Amorim Neto ; Negretto ).…”

Understanding Presidential Failure in South America

“…They assessed various features of politics that arise from the presidential regime itself, as well as accompanying institutional choices (Negretto 2006;Pérez-Liñán 2005;Valenzuela 2004). Among the most important of these is the choice of electoral systems, which tend to produce party systems that, in turn, affect a president's level of support in the legislature.…”

“…Among the most important of these is the choice of electoral systems, which tend to produce party systems that, in turn, affect a president's level of support in the legislature. 112 LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY 57: 2 -2001Jamil Mahuad Ecuador 1998-2000Raúl Cubas Paraguay 1998Abdalá Bucaram Ecuador 1996-1997Alberto Fujimori Peru 1990-2000Fernando Collor de Mello Brazil 1990-1992Carlos Andrés Pérez Venezuela 1989-1993Raúl Alfonsín Argentina 1983-1989Siles Zuazo Bolivia 1982-1985 These scholars' arguments question those of the previous literature, specifically the work of Juan Linz (1978Linz ( , 1990, who argues that the presidential regime itself is the cause of regime instability in presidential systems (Negretto 2006;Pérez-Liñán 2005;Valenzuela 2004). Despite this focus on the institutions of presidentialism, many of these scholars acknowledged various other factors that influenced presidential failure.…”

“…In the first writings on the topic of presidential breakdown, scholars linked the study of failed presidencies in democracies to studies of democratic breakdown by preserving this second theoretical focus on issues of political representation and institutional stability (Negretto 2006;Pérez-Liñán 2005;Valenzuela 2004). For the most part, these institutional explanations addressed how features of the presidential regime itself create certain inherent tensions in political relationships.…”

Presidents, Assemblies and Policy-making in Asia

“…At an institutional level, the president might also gain influence through rules of legislation. Further, when the president and the legislative median are closely aligned with regard to policy preference positions, regardless of the degree of constitutional or partisan powers, the president is likely to enact her policy agenda (Negretto 2006). While these other influences may also be important, my analysis focuses on constitutional and partisan powers because they allow for cross-national comparisons with data, whereas other factors are difficult to quantify across countries.…”