Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

by Scott Mainwaring (Editor), Matthew S. Shugart (Editor)

This book addresses the current debate regarding the liabilities and merits of presidential government. Does presidentialism make it less likely that democratic governments will be able to manage political conflict? With the unprecedented wave of transitions to democracy since the 1970s, this question has been hotly contested in political and intellectual circles all over the globe. The contributors to this volume examine variations among different presidential systems and skeptically view claims that presidentialism has added significantly to the problems of democratic governance and stability.

Genres: Politics

506 pages, Hardcover

First published May 13, 1997

About the author

Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene P. and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a faculty fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, where he previously served as director for 13 years and is a current Advisory Board member.

In the fall of 2019, Mainwaring returned to Notre Dame from Harvard University, where he served as the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor of Brazil Studies at the Kennedy School and was faculty co-chair of the Brazil Studies Program from 2016 to 2019.

His research interests include political parties and party systems, democratic and authoritarian regimes, democratization, and political institutions in Latin America.

Reviews

[Miguel Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Notre Dame guy, american thoughts, buuuuuuuut REALLY REALLY EXCELLENT compilation of writers.
Latin American history, must read.