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Legislative politics in Latin America / edited by Scott Morgenstern, Benito Nacif.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislative bodies--Latin America--Case studies.
- Legislative bodies.
- Legislative power--Latin America--Case studies.
- Legislative power.
- Executive power--Latin America--Case studies.
- Executive power.
- Party discipline--Latin America--Case studies.
- Party discipline.
- Latin America.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 503 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1 Towards a Model of Latin American Legislatures / Scott Morgenstern 1
- Part I Executive-Legislative Relations
- 2 Oscillating Relations: President and Congress in Argentina / Ana Maria Mustapic 23
- 3 Presidential Cabinets, Electoral Cycles, and Coalition Discipline in Brazil / Octavio Amorim Neto 48
- 4 Exaggerated Presidentialism and Moderate Presidents: Executive-Legislative Relations in Chile / Peter M. Siavelis 79
- 5 Executive-Legislative Relations: the Case of Mexico (1946-1997) / Ma. Amparo Casar 114
- Part II Political Parties and Legislative Structure
- 6 Explaining the High Level of Party Discipline in the Argentine Congress / Mark P. Jones 147
- 7 Party Discipline in the Chamber of Deputies / Barry Ames 185
- 8 Parties, Coalitions, and the Chilean Congress in the 1990s / John M. Carey 222
- 9 Understanding Party Discipline in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies: the Centralized Party Model / Benito Nacif 254
- Part III Legislatures and the Policy Process
- 10 Fiscal Policy Making in the Argentine Legislature / Kent H. Eaton 287
- 11 Progressive Ambition, Federalism, and Pork-Barreling in Brazil / David Samuels 315
- 12 Appointment, Reelection, and Autonomy in the Senate of Chile / John Londregan 341
- 13 The Legal and Partisan Framework of the Legislative Delegation of the Budget in Mexico / Jeffrey A. Weldon 377
- 14 Explaining Legislative Politics in Latin America / Scott Morgenstern 413
- 15 Epilogue: Latin America's Reactive Assemblies and Proactive Presidents / Gary W. Cox, Scott Morgenstern 446.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-491) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0521792193
- 0521796598
- OCLC:
- 46505397
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