Checking Executive Power: Presidential Impeachment in Comparative Perspective - Brossura

Midwest Political Association Meeting (2002)

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ISBN 10: 027597927X ISBN 13: 9780275979270

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 2003

Riassunto

Baumgartner, Kada, and thier contributors examine presidential impeachment in such varied settings as the United States, Russia, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, the Philippines, and Madagascar. In all of these countries there has been a serious impeachment attempt within the past decade or so. The results of each impeachment attempt vary, from unnsuccessful attempts to those which were successful; in the latter case, some resulted in presidents remaining in office, others in removal of the president, and, in one case, the forced resignation of a president.

The common framework of each analysis includes a discussion of the historical and constitional bases of the presidency, the institutional balance of power, provisions for impeachment, and the structure of party politics in each country; in addition, the role that public opinion plays in the process is discussed. While broad, the framework permits comparison between the cases and some general conclusions about all phases of the impeachment process and executive accountability can be drawn. One of the most important conclusions is that contrary to popular wisdom, impeachment is most definitively not a strictly legal process, but rather one that is highly political from start to finish. As the volume makes clear, it is most useful to view impeachment by way of examining the intersection of executive-legislative relations, partisan political conflict, and public opinion.

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JODY C. BAUMGARTNER is an independent scholar and researcher who has taught at Miami University and the American University in Armenia. Among his earlier publicaitons is Modern Presidential Electioneering: An Organizational and Comparative Approach (Praeger, 2000).

NAOKO KADA is with the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Her research interests focus on executive-legislative relations, political corruption, the political role of the judiciary, and the civil society.

JODY C. BAUMGARTNER is an independent scholar and researcher who has taught at Miami University and the American University in Armenia. Among his earlier publicaitons is Modern Presidential Electioneering: An Organizational and Comparative Approach (Praeger, 2000).

NAOKO KADA is with the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Her research interests focus on executive-legislative relations, political corruption, the political role of the judiciary, and the civil society.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 027597927X
• ISBN 13: 9780275979270
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 196
• Redattore: Kada Naoko, Baumgartner Jody C.
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