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1 online resource (xxii, 643 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; The Politics of Presidential Term Limits; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; 1: Presidential Term Limits; CHOICES, CHOICES-CONSTITUTIONS AND PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS; THE PROS AND CONS OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS; THE INTRODUCTION, ABOLITION, AND AMENDMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS; THE EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS; BOOK STRUCTURE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Section I; 2: Theorizing Presidential Rotation; ROTATION IN OFFICE; ROTATION IN ANCIENT GREECE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES |
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3: One Size Does Not Fit All: The Provision and Interpretation of Presidential Term LimitsEXECUTIVE TERM LIMITS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE; TERM LIMIT EVASION; UNAMENDABILITY; JURISPRUDENCE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 4: Term Limits and the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Doctrine: Lessons from Latin America; THE RISE OF THE UCA DOCTRINE; THE UCA DOCTRINE AND TERM LIMITS; VARIABLE OUTCOMES; Courts Blocking Amendments to Extend Term Limit: Colombia 2010; Courts Allowing Amendments to Extend Term Limits: Ecuador 2014; Courts Holding Term Limits to Be Unconstitutional: Honduras 2015 |
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TRANSNATIONAL ANCHORING AND TERM LIMIT DECISIONS IN LATIN AMERICACONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 5: Continuismo in Comparison: Avoidance, Extension, and Removal of Presidential Term Limits; PRESIDENTIAL CONTINUISMO; CONTINUISMO: "EXTENDERS," TIMES, COMPONENTS (TYPES); TYPOLOGY OF CONTINUISMO; Continuismo: Avoidance; Continuismo: Extension; Continuismo: Removal; Continuismo: Summary; THE CONSEQUENCES OF CONTINUISMO FOR PRESIDENTS IN OFFICE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Section II; 6: Presidential Term Limits in Latin America: c.1820-1985; PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS IN LATINAMERICA: A SHORT OVERVIEW |
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DEBATES AND ARGUMENTS ON PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS IN LATIN AMERICAPRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS AND DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 7: Presidential Term Limits as aCredible-Commitment MechanismThe Case of Brazil's Military Regime; INTRODUCTION: BRAZIL'S LONG MILITARY REGIME; THE MILITARY IN POLITICS; THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH TERM LIMITS IN BRAZIL; Empirical Analysis; THE CONSEQUENCES OF TERM LIMITS, THEIR ABOLITION, AND ABUSE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 8: The Politics of Presidential Term Limits in Mexico; THE HISTORY OF TERM LIMITS IN MEXICO |
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THE OPERATION OF THE COMPLETELY TERM-LIMITED POST-REVOLUTIONARY REGIMECONSEQUENCES OF TERM LIMITS; Presidential Domination of Congress; Clientelism; Corruption; Individual Mobility; Generational Succession; The Sexennial Cycle; CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 9: Presidential Term Limits in Nicaragua; PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS IN NICARAGUA; An Overview of Nicaragua's Political History; ADOPTING TERM LIMITS IN NICARAGUA; ENDING TERM LIMITS IN NICARAGUA; CONSEQUENCES OF TERM LIMITS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 10: The Politics of Presidential Term Limits in Tunisia |
| Summary |
This book examines the politics of presidential term limits. It looks at the theory and practice of term limits, the experience of term-limit avoidance worldwide, and the consequences of presidential term limits in all forms of regimes |
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Presidential term limits are one of the most important institutions in presidentialism. They are at the center of contemporary and historical debates and political battles between incumbent presidents seeking additional terms and their political opponents warning against democratic backsliding and the dangers of personalism. Bringing the team of country experts, comparativists, theorists, constitutional lawyers, and policy practitioners together, The Politics of Presidential Term Limits is a book that aims to provide a one-stop source for the comprehensive study of this topic. It includes theory and survey chapters that explain presidential term limits as an idea, constitutional norm, and an institution; country and comparative chapters including historical, intra-regime, and comparative regional studies, chapters that examine the effects of term limits as well as studies from the perspective of on-the-ground international constitutional builders and that ask what difference do term limits make.--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 29, 2019) |
| Subject |
Presidents -- Term of office.
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Democracy.
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Comparative government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Democracy.
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Comparative government.
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Presidents -- Term of office.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baturo, Alexander, editor.
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Elgie, Robert, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780192574343 |
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0192574345 |
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9780191874109 |
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0191874108 |
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9780192574350 |
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0192574353 |
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