Book of Donmon Teith

This volume is the first comprehensive analysis of a new type of executive instability without regime instability in Latin America referred to as "presidential

Documents the emergence of a pattern of political instability in Latin America. Traditional military coups have receded in the region, but elected presidents ar

This text explores why and how democracy broke down in Peru in 1992. The author's argument is that institutional factors - especially the absence of a legislati

This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive or break down. It then analyzes the emergence, survival and

Why does institutional instability pervade the developing world? Examining contemporary Latin America, Institutions on the Edge develops and tests a novel argum