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Effects of Presidential Term Limits
2019Abstract This chapter explores empirically what kind of effects presidential term limits have on political phenomena that are often of interest in political science. It first presents some of the existing empirical findings and also discusses a few tentative hypotheses on possible effects of presidential term limits on a variety of ...
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The Politics of Presidential Term Limits in Argentina
2019Abstract This chapter studies presidential term limits in Argentina. It connects the term limit question to the context of regime instability that prevailed between 1930 and 1983 on the one hand, and to the expansive way in which democratically elected presidents have interpreted their constitutional powers on the other. The presidential
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The Case for Presidential Term Limits
Journal of Democracy, 2007Presidential term limits have spread very widely, but the challenge today is that of enforcement. Term limits are an important instrument of democratization in electoral-authoritarian countries: this is not just because they constrain the power of individual leaders, but also because they tend to promote political party alternation, as in Croatia in ...
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2019
Abstract This chapter introduces major research questions and themes in the politics of presidential term limits. The institution of term limits can be understood as the dependent variable, as the explanatory variable, as a focal point, and as an indicator—a tripwire.
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Abstract This chapter introduces major research questions and themes in the politics of presidential term limits. The institution of term limits can be understood as the dependent variable, as the explanatory variable, as a focal point, and as an indicator—a tripwire.
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The Politics of Presidential Term Limits in Tunisia
2019Abstract This chapter discusses the evolution of the politics of term limits in Tunisia, from independence in 1956 until the approval of the 2014 democratic constitution. Through the observation of the manipulation of term limits, we can retrace the political history of the country.
Alessandra Bonci, Francesco Cavatorta
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Presidential Term Limits in Togo
2019Abstract Togo is a small authoritarian state. It has been an authoritarian state since independence. However, at various times in its history, constitutional articles have imposed term limits on the country’s executives. The insertion of term limits into several of its post-independence constitutions has failed to constrain its executive
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Presidential Term Limits in Nicaragua
2019Abstract Nicaragua is better known for its dictators and revolutions than for its experience with constitutional government. Yet Nicaragua has employed presidential term limits just over half of the time since becoming independent in 1821.
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The Politics of Presidential Term Limits in Latin America
2019Abstract This chapter revisits the conventional wisdom about term limits in Latin America by bringing into perspective the inherent tradeoffs between electoral accountability and restrictions to incumbency advantage. While the changes in constitutional term limits that have occurred in recent decades have mostly been understood as ...
José Antonio Cheibub, Alejandro Medina
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Presidential Term Limits in Bolivia
2019Abstract The current 2009 Constitution of Bolivia specifies that the president may serve for a maximum of two consecutive five-year terms. This constitution however, is the latest in a long line of constitutional reforms, which have seen term limits repeatedly altered.
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