{"product_id":"why-presidents-fail-political-parties-and-government-survival-in-latin-america-hardback-9781503632868","title":"Why Presidents Fail; Political Parties and Government Survival in Latin America (Hardback) 9781503632868","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhy Presidents Fail\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolitical Parties and Government Survival in Latin America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher A. Martínez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503632868\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 13 tables, 23 figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.536 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Christopher A. Martínez sheds important new light on presidential crises in Latin America by stressing the crucial role of party institutionalization. Based on thorough, in-depth research, he convincingly substantiates this argument with a range of country case studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Kurt G. Weyland, The University of Texas at Austin \"Why are presidential crises recurrent in some Latin American countries but so rare in others? Martínez shows that the president's legislative shield is tempered by the institutionalization of the legislative parties. \u003ci\u003eWhy Presidents Fail\u003c\/i\u003e artfully combines statistical evidence and seven country studies to sustain this novel and important argument.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, University of Notre Dame \"This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of how presidential democracies function. Political parties under presidentialism are understudied and by focusing on their role in supporting or opposing presidents, Martínez raises crucial questions.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —José Antônio Cheibub, University of Pittsburgh \"Presidential failure has been a frequent scholarly topic in a region where presidents often face serious crises, and some have been forced out before finishing their terms. \u003ci\u003eWhy Presidents Fail\u003c\/i\u003e offers an innovative perspective centered on how party institutionalization influences presidents' survival in office. This is obligatory reading at a time when parties appear increasingly uprooted, and presidential outsiders seem to be the order of the day.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Mariana Llanos, German Institute for Global and Area Studies \"In \u003ci\u003eWhy Presidents Fail\u003c\/i\u003e the Chilean scholar Christopher Martínez advances a sophisticated, if somewhat complex, theoretical construct to explain why a large number of Latin American presidents have failed to finish their constitutional terms in office.\"—Philip Chrimes, \u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e \"Those who wonder why some presidents fall in the midst of political crises and others survive and are able to complete their terms will find, in Martínez's book, a compelling argument in favor of having democracies with a strong party system and with individual parties that have strong roots in society. Martínez joins an accomplished group of scholars that have studied the party system and illuminated readers about the importance of having stable, strong and reliable political parties.\"—Patricio Navia, \u003ci\u003eAmericas Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy and political parties go hand in hand. Strong parties are fundamental for advancing, stabilizing, and improving democratic governance. But how exactly do political parties relate to, and contribute to, the survival of presidential administrations? Since 1979, over twenty Latin American chief executives had been forced out of office, without a democratic breakdown—a phenomenon known as \"presidential failure.\" \u003ci\u003eWhy Presidents Fail\u003c\/i\u003e offers a nuanced assessment of how political parties influence how and when executives weather political crises and unrest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristopher A. Martínez takes a close look at how different factors come into play to explain why some presidents complete their terms in office without incident, others barely make it to the end after stumbling upon crisis after crisis, and some are forced out or impeached before their term is finished. Drawing on a novel theoretical approach, an original database on presidential scandals and anti-government demonstrations, regression (survival analysis) models, country case studies, and interviews with more than one hundred country specialists and top-level politicians, \u003ci\u003eWhy Presidents Fail\u003c\/i\u003e provides an innovative, comprehensive assessment of how political parties influence presidential survival and contributes fresh ideas to the debates on the stability of presidential governments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Why Parties Matter for Presidential Survival\u003cbr\u003e  2. Statistical Analyses\u003cbr\u003e  3. Peru\u003cbr\u003e  4. Ecuador\u003cbr\u003e  5. Paraguay\u003cbr\u003e  6. Bolivia\u003cbr\u003e  7. Brazil\u003cbr\u003e  8. Argentina\u003cbr\u003e  9. Chile\u003cbr\u003e  10. 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