Government Formation and Minister Turnover in Presidential Cabinets: Comparative Analysis in the Americas

ISBN-13: 9781138205604 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 258 str.

Portugal) Marcelo Camerlo (University of Lisbon;Cecilia Martínez-Gallardo (University of Carolina at Chapel

Opis

Portfolio allocation in presidential systems is a central tool that presidents use as they deal with changes in the political and economic environment, yet we still know little about the process through which ministers are selected and the reasons why they are replaced in presidential systems. This book offers the first comprehensive, cross-national analysis of portfolio allocation in presidential regimes, and in doing so, contributes to the development of theories about portfolio allocation. Looking specifically at how presidents use portfolio allocation as part of their wider political strategy, it examines eight country case studies, within a carefully developed analytical framework and cross-national comparative analysis from a common dataset. The book include cases studies of portfolio allocation in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the United States, Peru and Uruguay, and covers the period between the transition to democracy in each country up until 2014. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political elites, executive politics, Latin American politics and more broadly to comparative politics.

Spis treści

1. Portfolio Allocation in the Americas [Marcelo Camerlo and Cecilia Martínez-Gallardo]  2. I Did it My Way: Portfolio Allocation in the United States (1969-2013) [Maria Escobar-Lemmon, MaryAnne Borrelli and Michelle Taylor Robinson]  3. Diverse Profiles within Single-party Cabinets: Portfolio Allocation in Costa Rica (1978-2014) [Gerardo Hernández Naranjo and Jesús Guzmán Castillo]  4. Parliamentary Style: Portfolio Allocation in Uruguay(1967-2015) [Daniel Chasquetti and Daniel Buquet]  5. Together We Govern: Portfolio Allocation in Chile (1990-2014) [Octavio Avendaño and Mireya Dávila]  6. Presidentially-led Coalitions: Portfolio Allocation in Brazil (1985-2016) [Magna Inácio]  7. Bait and Switch?: Portfolio Allocation in Colombia (1958-2014) [Luis Bernardo Mejía Guinand and Felipe Botero]  8. Cooperative but Non-Partisan: Portfolio Allocation in Peru (1980-2014) [Sofia Vera and Miguel Carreras]  9. Unilateral No Matter What: Portfolio Allocation in Ecuador (1979-2015) [Santiago Basabe-Serrano, John Polga-Hecimovich, and Andrés Mejía Acosta]  10. Portfolio Allocation in the Americas: A Recap [Cecilia Martínez-Gallardo and Marcelo Camerlo]