Examines the presidential impeachment process in such varied settings as the United States, Russia, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, the Philippines, and Madagascar.
Comparative Presidential Impeachment: Introduction by Jody Baumgartner The Political Nature of Presidential Impeachment in the United States by William B. Perkins Weak Institutions and Strong Movements: The Case of President Estrada's Impeachment in the Philippines by Yuko Kasuya Presidential Impeachment and the Politics of Survival: The Case of Columbia by Anibal S. Perez-Linan and Victor J. Hinojosa Madagascar: Impeachment as Parlimentary Coup D'etat by Philip M. Allen Impeachment, Russian Style (1998-99) by Jody Baumgartner Impeachment as a Punishment for Corruption? The Cases of Brazil and Venezuela by Naoka Kada Comparative Presidential Impeachment: Conclusions by Naoko Kada Endnotes Recommended Readings
JODY C. BAUMGARTNER is an independent scholar and researcher who has taught at Miami University and the American University in Armenia. Among his earlier publicaitons is Modern Presidential Electioneering: An Organizational and Comparative Approach (Praeger, 2000). NAOKO KADA is with the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Her research interests focus on executive-legislative relations, political corruption, the political role of the judiciary, and the civil society.
?[T]hese essays are by no means a ringing endorsement for
impeachment. Instead, they offer immensely useful insights into the
limitations of impeachment as a check on presidential
misconduct....undoubtedly helps sharpen our understanding of the
utility of the different constitutional mechanisms around the world
for handling presidential impeachment.?-Political Science
Quarterly
?The chief contributions of this collection of essays on
presidential impeachment are threefold. First, its comparative
perspective on presidential perspective brings insight into the
promises and problems of presidential systems as an increasingly
popular but difficult form of democratic governance. Second, its
examination of impeachment from a decidedly political science
perspective offers an important alternative to the legalistic
perspective that dominates the literature on impeachment. Third,
the volume brings to light limitations in the impeachment process
as a means of deterring and punishing corruption in the executive
branch....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate
students of comparative politics or presidential
studies.?-Choice
"ÝT¨hese essays are by no means a ringing endorsement for
impeachment. Instead, they offer immensely useful insights into the
limitations of impeachment as a check on presidential
misconduct....undoubtedly helps sharpen our understanding of the
utility of the different constitutional mechanisms around the world
for handling presidential impeachment."-Political Science
Quarterly
"[T]hese essays are by no means a ringing endorsement for
impeachment. Instead, they offer immensely useful insights into the
limitations of impeachment as a check on presidential
misconduct....undoubtedly helps sharpen our understanding of the
utility of the different constitutional mechanisms around the world
for handling presidential impeachment."-Political Science
Quarterly
"The chief contributions of this collection of essays on
presidential impeachment are threefold. First, its comparative
perspective on presidential perspective brings insight into the
promises and problems of presidential systems as an increasingly
popular but difficult form of democratic governance. Second, its
examination of impeachment from a decidedly political science
perspective offers an important alternative to the legalistic
perspective that dominates the literature on impeachment. Third,
the volume brings to light limitations in the impeachment process
as a means of deterring and punishing corruption in the executive
branch....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate
students of comparative politics or presidential studies."-Choice
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