Power in the balance presidents, parties, and legislatures in Peru and beyond /

Levitt, Barry Steven.

Power in the balance presidents, parties, and legislatures in Peru and beyond / [electronic resource] : Barry S. Levitt. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012. - xv, 340 p. : ill. - From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: on power -- Beyond formal rules and institutions: theorizing executive and legislative powers -- Constitutions and constitutionalism in Peru, 1985-2006 -- Party organizations and electoral movements in Peru, 1985-2006 -- Echo chamber: the decline and rise of Peru's legislature, 1985-2006 -- Institutionalism and presidential power in Latin America -- Conclusion: on balance.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780268085797 (electronic bk.)




Executive power--Peru.
Legislative power--Peru.
Political parties--Peru.
Executive power--Latin America.
Legislative power--Latin America.
Political parties--Latin America.


Peru--Politics and government--1980-
Latin America--Politics and government--1980-


Electronic books.

JL3440 / .L48 2012

320.985