IMPEACHMENT OR BACKSLIDING? Threats to democracy in the twenty-first century
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Resumo: | The age of military coups has ended, but democracy still confronts major challenges in the early twenty-first century. What are the new threats for democratic survival? Is impeachment a functional equivalent to old-fashioned military coups? Using comparative data for Latin America, this paper shows that the institution of impeachment has been “stretched” for political purposes and that the social conditions that triggered military coups in the pasttrigger impeachments in the contemporary era. However, the paper argues that impeachments should not be confused with coups and presents a surprising result: even though legislators often manipulate the impeachment process to undermine elected presidents, the most common threat to democratic survival does not originate in legislatures, but in the executive branch. Concentration of power by the executive has undermined democracy in Latin Americaand elsewhere. |
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IMPEACHMENT OR BACKSLIDING? Threats to democracy in the twenty-first century |
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IMPEACHMENT OR BACKSLIDING? Threats to democracy in the twenty-first century |
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IMPEACHMENT OR BACKSLIDING? Threats to democracy in the twenty-first century |
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IMPEACHMENT OR BACKSLIDING? Threats to democracy in the twenty-first century |
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IMPEACHMENT OR BACKSLIDING? Threats to democracy in the twenty-first century |
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Pérez-Liñán,Aníbal |
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Pérez-Liñán,Aníbal |
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Pérez-Liñán,Aníbal |
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Impeachment coup Latin America concentration of power |
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Impeachment coup Latin America concentration of power |
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The age of military coups has ended, but democracy still confronts major challenges in the early twenty-first century. What are the new threats for democratic survival? Is impeachment a functional equivalent to old-fashioned military coups? Using comparative data for Latin America, this paper shows that the institution of impeachment has been “stretched” for political purposes and that the social conditions that triggered military coups in the pasttrigger impeachments in the contemporary era. However, the paper argues that impeachments should not be confused with coups and presents a surprising result: even though legislators often manipulate the impeachment process to undermine elected presidents, the most common threat to democratic survival does not originate in legislatures, but in the executive branch. Concentration of power by the executive has undermined democracy in Latin Americaand elsewhere. |
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