The Democratic Cost of Consecutive Re-election and Presidential Term-Limit Evasion in Latin America
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18460%2F23%3A50018654" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18460/23:50018654 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2021.51" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2021.51</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2021.51" target="_blank" >10.1017/gov.2021.51</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Democratic Cost of Consecutive Re-election and Presidential Term-Limit Evasion in Latin America
Original language description
Despite theoretical arguments suggesting the strong effects of presidential term limits and re-election on democracy, there is surprisingly little empirical evidence to evaluate them. We test both the effect on democracy of the existence of a consecutive re-election rule and of reforms introducing it for incumbent presidents. Using evidence from Latin American countries between 1945 and 2018, we test their relationship to both vertical and horizontal accountability. A synthetic control method is employed to account for the effect of term-limit reforms, and time-series cross-section models for modelling the association with the re-election rule. Both vertical and horizontal accountability as well as the quality of democracy are eroded by term-limit evasion reforms in most countries and strengthened in none between 1990 and 2018. Allowing presidents to run for re-election – relative to term-limited ones – is consistently associated with weak democratic outcomes.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Government and Opposition
ISSN
0017-257X
e-ISSN
1477-7053
Volume of the periodical
58
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
31
Pages from-to
360-390
UT code for WoS article
000734881100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85120619588