Checking Presidential Power
eBook - PDF

Checking Presidential Power

Executive Decrees and the Legislative Process in New Democracies

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Checking Presidential Power

Executive Decrees and the Legislative Process in New Democracies

About this book

A central concern about the robustness of democratic rule in new democracies is the concentration of power in the executive branch and the potential this creates for abuse. This concern is felt particularly with regard to the concentration of legislative power. Checking Presidential Power explains the levels of reliance on executive decrees in a comparative perspective. Building on the idea of institutional commitment, which affects the enforcement of decision-making rules, Palanza describes the degree to which countries rely on executive decree authority as more reliance may lead to unbalanced presidential systems and will ultimately affect democratic quality. Breaking new ground by both theorizing and empirically analyzing decree authority from a comparative perspective, this book examines policy making in separation of powers systems. It explains the choice between decrees and statutes, and why legislators are sometimes profoundly engaged in the legislative process and yet other times entirely withdrawn from it.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title page
  4. Imprints page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. 1 Introduction: A Choice of Paths behind Each Policy
  12. 2 Decrees versus Statutes: Choice of Legislative Paths in Separation of Power Systems
  13. 3 Institutions and Institutional Commitment
  14. 4 Reinstatement of Congressional Decision Rights: Brazil
  15. 5 A Corollary of Low Levels of Institutional Commitment:Argentina
  16. 6 The Choice of Legislative Paths in Comparative Perspective
  17. 7 Conclusions: Rules, Institutional Commitment, and Checks on Presidents
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index