Checking Presidential Power: Executive Decrees and the Legislative Process in New Democracies

Valeria Palanza

ISBN 10: 1108427626 ISBN 13: 9781108427623

Published by Cambridge, 2019

Language: English

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Checking Presidential Power: Executive Decrees and the Legislative Process in New Democracies

Publisher

Cambridge

Publication Date

2019

Language

English

ISBN 10

1108427626

ISBN 13

9781108427623

Binding

Hard cover

Condition

Very good

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No jacket

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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statutes, and why legislators are sometimes profoundly engaged in the legislative process and yet other times entirely withdrawn from it.

About the Author

Valeria Palanza is Assistant Professor in the Instituto de Ciencias Pol�ticas, Pontificia Universidad Cat�lica de Chile. Her research interests focus on issues of democracy, institutional arrangements, and the legislative process. Her most recent publications appear in Comparative Political Studies, Revista de Ciencia Pol�tica, and Legislative Studies Quarterly.

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