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Languages : en
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Latin American Legislatures, their role and influence
Author: Latin American Legislatures: Their Role and Influence
Author: Weston H. AgorPublisher: New York : Praeger
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Legislative Institutions and Lawmaking in Latin America
Author: Eduardo AlemánPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191083607
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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In this volume, twelve experts on Latin American politics investigate the ways in which the interaction between legislative institutions and the policy positions of key actors affects the initiation and passage of legislation, covering seven Latin American Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. These seven presidential systems vary widely in terms of their legislative institutions and the position of relevant actors. The introduction provides a framework to understand the interaction of legislative majorities, political institutions, and policy position, and each chapter begins with a description of the constitutional and congressional rules that allocate powers to propose, amend, and veto legislation. The authors then identify the political actors who have these prerogatives and apply the framework to show how their policy positions and relative strengths influence legislative decision-making. The findings are consistent with the basic argument of the book that presidents with extensive legislative powers may be constrained by the positions of their legislative allies, whereas weaker presidents may be well-positioned to build successful coalitions to achieve their legislative goals. The essays in this volume demonstrate that institutional design, which determines the allocation of legislative powers, must be considered along with the policy preferences of key legislative actors in order to construct a full picture of law-making. Oxford Studies in Democratization is a series for scholars and students of comparative politics and related disciplines. Volumes concentrate on the comparative study of the democratization process that accompanied the decline and termination of the cold war. The geographical focus of the series is primarily Latin America, the Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and relevant experiences in Africa and Asia. The series editor is Laurence Whitehead, Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Legislative Politics in Latin America
Author: Scott MorgensternPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521796590
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
This theoretically inspired study explores legislative politics in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Instead of beginning with an assumption that these legislatures are either rubber-stamps or obstructionist bodies, the chapters provide new data and a fresh analytical approach to describe and explain the role of these representative bodies in these consolidating democracies. For each country the book provides three chapters dedicated, in turn, to executive-legislative relations, the legislatures' organizational structure, and the policy process.
The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies
Author: Shane MartinPublisher: Oxford Handbooks
ISBN: 0199653011
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 785
Book Description
Over the past five years, legislative studies have emerged as a field of inquiry in political science. Many political science associations, both national and international, have created standing sections on legislative studies. There has also been a proliferation of literature on legislatures and legislators. This book focuses on legislatures and how they matter, how they have adapted to changes such as globalization and judicialization, and how they have survived the transition to mass democracies.
Representation and Effectiveness in Latin American Democracies
Author: Moira B. MacKinnonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135935742
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Legislatures, the judiciary and civil society are important actors in representative democracies. In what ways and how well do they represent? And how effectively do they carry out their institutional and social roles? Both questions refer to the key dimensions of democracy analyzed in this book: representativeness and effectiveness, respectively. While they have been developed separately in scholarly work on institutions and regimes, there is little work considering them simultaneously, and on their interaction. Using quantitative and/or qualitative methods, contributions from top scholars in the field of legislatures, the judiciary and civil society examine these two concepts and their relationships in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Designed to guide the reader through the complexities of this debate, each expert engages in a larger set of theoretical debates about different approaches to representation in each sphere. In doing so, they debate how effectively these spheres carry out their roles in each country: whether a congress is institutionalized, its accountability, and its performance as a lawmaker; whether a judicial system is independent, carries out oversight, and protects citizen rights; and the role of civil society in a representative democracy. Representation and Effectiveness in Latin American Democracies is a timely and welcomed contribution to the to the growing debate about the quality of democracy in Latin America, and the developing world more generally.
Latinos in the Legislative Process
Author: Stella M. RousePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107067685
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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In one of the only accounts of Latino legislative behavior, Stella M. Rouse examines how well the growing Latino population translates their increased presence into legislative influence. Latinos in the Legislative Process explores Latino representation by considering the role of ethnicity throughout the legislative process – from bill sponsorship, to committee deliberations, to floor votes – in seven state legislatures. Rouse first identifies issues that are priorities for Latinos and tells us whether a Latino political agenda exists. She then provides a theoretical framework for ethnicity in legislative behavior and outcomes. Rouse demonstrates that ethnicity is a complex dynamic that plays a variable role in the legislative process. Thus, Latino representation cannot be viewed monolithically.
Exporting Congress?
Author: Timothy Joseph PowerPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822972980
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Trata da influência do Congresso americano no processo legislativo da Inglaterra, Canadá, América Latina, Alemanha e Letste Europeu.
Legislatures and the New Democracies in Latin America
Author: David ClosePublisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN: 9781555874759
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
An examination of the role of the legislature in the politics of democratic construction and consolidation in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua and Uruguay. Various contributors combine to show each nation's progress towards open, competitive, tolerant politics.
Government and Politics in Latin America
Author: Harold Eugene DavisPublisher: New York, Ronald P
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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