Presidentialism in Crisis or Parliamentarism by Other Means? Presidential impeachments in Brazil and Latin America
The goal of this article is to set the impeachment of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in the context of the broader literature on presidential breakdowns in Latin America. Going against the Linzian thesis of systemic instability, we argue that presidential systems in Latin America have found inst...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Ciências Sociais |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufc:article/19270 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/revcienso/article/view/19270 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Presidentialism Latin America Brazil Presidential Breakdown Comparative Politics Presidencialismo América Latina Brasil Interrupção de mandato Política comparada |
| Resumo: | The goal of this article is to set the impeachment of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in the context of the broader literature on presidential breakdowns in Latin America. Going against the Linzian thesis of systemic instability, we argue that presidential systems in Latin America have found institutional mechanisms to deal with crisis between the Executive and Legislative branches. It does not mean, however, that the solutions for the deadlocks are uncontroversial. Issues of legitimacy and legality, as well as a highly polarized political environment, characterize the majority of cases of presidential breakdowns mobilized by the Legislative. Taking this broader context and the recent Brazilian case, we propose some institutional mechanisms in presidential systems that could facilitate solving political deadlocks between branches of government. |
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