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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788385103321

Autore

Levitt Barry Steven

Titolo

Power in the balance [[electronic resource] ] : presidents, parties, and legislatures in Peru and beyond / / Barry S. Levitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012

ISBN

0-268-08579-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Disciplina

320.985

Soggetti

Executive power - Peru

Legislative power - Peru

Political parties - Peru

Executive power - Latin America

Legislative power - Latin America

Political parties - Latin America

Peru Politics and government 1980-

Latin America Politics and government 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: on power -- Beyond formal rules and institutions: theorizing executive and legislative powers -- Constitutions and constitutionalism in Peru, 1985-2006 -- Party organizations and electoral movements in Peru, 1985-2006 -- Echo chamber: the decline and rise of Peru's legislature, 1985-2006 -- Institutionalism and presidential power in Latin America -- Conclusion: on balance.