"Faire comprendre la Ve République en conjuguant récit enlevé et analyse politique et institutionnelle, tel est le pari relevé avec maestria par Philippe Raynaud dans cette synthèse originale, indispensable à lire à la veille de la prochaine élection présidentielle. Décryptant l…
"Faire comprendre la Ve République en conjuguant récit enlevé et analyse politique et institutionnelle, tel est le pari relevé avec maestria par Philippe Raynaud dans cette synthèse originale, indispensable à lire à la veille de la prochaine élection présidentielle. Décryptant l…
Presidents and democracy in latin america
Presidents and democracy in Latin America
Presidents and democracy in Latin America
This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the presidents and presidential leadership in Latin America. Unlike other texts, Presidents and Democracy in Latin America integrates both political analysis and major theoretical perspective…
This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the presidents and presidential leadifership in Latin America. Unlike other texts, Presidents and Democracy in Latin America integrates both political analysis and major theoretical perspecti…
For thousands of years, societies have fallen under the reign of a single leader, ruling as chief, king, or emperor. In this fascinating global history of medieval and early modern dynastic power, Jeroen Duindam charts the rise and fall of dynasties, the rituals of rulership, an…
"Dynasty persists into the modern world, but it has lost much of its aura during recent centuries. With the emergence of industrialised and urbanised societies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, alternative forms of power have become more prominent. Kingship evolved at a…
Executive power in the shadow of legislative capacity -- Legislative capacity, executive action, and separation of powers -- 'Outmanned and outgunned' : the historical development of congressional capacity -- Pulling the purse strings : legislative capacity and discretion -- Con…
The specter of unbridled executive power looms large in the American political imagination. Are checks and balances enough to constrain ambitious executives? Checks in the Balance presents a new theory of separation of powers that brings legislative capacity to the fore, explain…
"Congress is widely viewed as the most unpopular, unproductive, and ineffective branch of government. On both the left and the right, scholars and the public have noted an increasing imbalance between the power of the legislature and the power of the executive. At the core of th…