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Choosing How to Choose Presidents: Parties, Military Rulers, and Presidential Elections in Latin America.
- Source :
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Journal of Politics . May2006, Vol. 68 Issue 2, p421-433. 13p. 3 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Students of presidential regimes claim that while the combination of plurality rule for presidential elections and concurrent electoral cycles favors bipartism, majority rule for electing presidents favors multipartism. I argue that a reverse causality also affects the relationship between party systems and electoral systems. Using a bargaining model of institutional change, I propose that while dominant and large parties are likely to choose plurality rule and concurrent elections, small parties are likely to choose majority rule. I also argue that military rulers and military-civilian coalitions tend to follow the logic of electoral choice of small parties. These hypotheses are supported by a statistical analysis of the determinants of electoral choice in 49 cases of constitutional change in Latin America. Mechanisms of choice are analyzed in several episodes of electoral reform, including a negative case that suggests explanations of electoral choice not covered by the model presented in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00223816
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Politics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20588455
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2508.2006.00417.x