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Power in the Balance
2012
Overview
In Power in the Balance: Presidents, Parties, and
Legislatures in Peru and Beyond , Barry S. Levitt answers
urgent questions about executive power in \"new\" democracies. He
examines in rich detail the case of Peru, from President Alan
García's first term (1985-1990), to the erosion of democracy under
President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), through the interim
government of Valentín Paniagua (2000-2001) and the remarkable, if
rocky, renewal of democracy culminating in Alejandro Toledo's
2001-2006 presidency. This turbulent experience with democracy
brings into clear focus the functioning of formal political
institutions-constitutions and electoral laws, presidents and
legislatures, political parties and leaders-while also exposing the
informal side of Peru's national politics over the course of two
decades.
Levitt's study of politics in Peru also provides a test case for
his regional analysis of cross-national differences and change over
time in presidential power across eighteen Latin American
countries. In Peru and throughout Latin America, Levitt shows, the
rule of law itself and the organizational forms of political
parties have a stronger impact on legislative-executive relations
than do most of the institutional traits and constitutional powers
that configure the formal \"rules of the game\" for high politics.
His findings, and their implications for improving the quality of
new democracies everywhere, will surprise promoters, practitioners,
and scholars of democratic politics alike.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Subject
ISBN
0268206708, 9780268206703, 9780268034139, 0268034133, 9780268085797, 026808579X
