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Making constitutions: presidents, parties, and institutional choice in Latin America

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carlosiii.embargo.liftdate2100-12-31
carlosiii.embargo.terms2100-12-31
dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Ciencias Socialeses
dc.affiliation.institutoUC3M. Instituto Mixto Universidad Carlos III - Fundación Juan March de Ciencias Sociales (IC3JM)es
dc.contributor.authorNegretto, Gabriel Leonardo
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-25T18:47:35Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-03
dc.description.abstractThis book provides the first systematic explanation of the origins of constitutional designs from an analytical, historical, and comparative perspective. Based on a comprehensive analysis of constitutional change in Latin America from 1900 to 2008 and four detailed case studies, Gabriel Negretto shows that the main determinants of constitutional choice are the past performance of constitutions in providing effective and legitimate instruments of government and the strategic interests of the actors who have influence over institutional selection. The book explains how governance problems shape the general guidelines for reform, while strategic calculations and power resources affect the selection of specific alternatives of design. It also emphasizes the importance of the events that trigger reform and the designers¿ level of electoral uncertainty for understanding the relative impact of short-term partisan interests on constitution writing. Negretto¿s study challenges predominant theories of institutional choice, and paves the way for the development of a new research agenda on institutional change.en
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationNegretto, G. Making constitutions: presidents, parties, and institutional choice in Latin America. Estados Unidos: Cambridge University Press, 2013; 279 pp.es
dc.identifier.isbn978-1107026520
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/39542
dc.identifier.uxxiLM/0000004207
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.rights© Gabriel L. Negretto 2013es
dc.rights.accessRightsembargoed accessen
dc.subject.otherConstitutionsen
dc.subject.otherPresidentsen
dc.subject.otherPolitical partiesen
dc.subject.otherInstitutional choiceen
dc.subject.otherLatin Americaen
dc.titleMaking constitutions: presidents, parties, and institutional choice in Latin Americaen
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