Since the return to democracy, Uruguayan presidents have built cabinets of varying natures (majority and minority coalitions, majority and minority parties). Most studies on presidential government assume that the partisan composition of a cabinet is a good predictor of the performance of a government’s legislative program. In this paper I test this hypothesis using Cox and McCubbins’ (1993, 2005) party cartel theory. The results confirm that six of the eight presidential cabinets’ legislative performances were consistent with theoretical expectations, while two were deviant cases. This article also provides a theoretical explanation for these two outliers, highlighting the importance of legislative parties, the presidential style of govern...
The view that minority governments are anomalies in the Parliamentary system has been abandoned for ...
This study examines a general proposition about democratic legislatures—that their agenda will be ca...
The study of presidential cabinets has mainly focused on coalitional formations, distinguishing indi...
Since the return to democracy, Uruguayan presidents have built cabinets of varying natures (majority...
Since the return to democracy, Uruguayan presidents have built cabinets of varying natures (m...
The article analyzes the formation and change of presidential cabinets in Uruguay during the period ...
The article analyzes the formation and change of presidential cabinets in Uruguay during the period ...
This article examines the institutional features of the Uruguayan Parliament and its particular rela...
This paper focuses on the process of coalition formation in presidential systems. It shows that part...
The study of presidential cabinets has mainly focused on coalitional formations, distinguishing indi...
This paper focuses on the process of coalition formation in presidential systems. It shows that part...
This paper focuses on the coalition formation process in presidential systems. It shows that institu...
Most studies on government coalitions in Latin American democracies consider the cabinet to be an or...
The uruguayan democracy has been characterized as one of the most stable in Latin America maintainin...
El presente artículo aplica el estudio de la organización de partidos y el voto legislativo a sistem...
The view that minority governments are anomalies in the Parliamentary system has been abandoned for ...
This study examines a general proposition about democratic legislatures—that their agenda will be ca...
The study of presidential cabinets has mainly focused on coalitional formations, distinguishing indi...
Since the return to democracy, Uruguayan presidents have built cabinets of varying natures (majority...
Since the return to democracy, Uruguayan presidents have built cabinets of varying natures (m...
The article analyzes the formation and change of presidential cabinets in Uruguay during the period ...
The article analyzes the formation and change of presidential cabinets in Uruguay during the period ...
This article examines the institutional features of the Uruguayan Parliament and its particular rela...
This paper focuses on the process of coalition formation in presidential systems. It shows that part...
The study of presidential cabinets has mainly focused on coalitional formations, distinguishing indi...
This paper focuses on the process of coalition formation in presidential systems. It shows that part...
This paper focuses on the coalition formation process in presidential systems. It shows that institu...
Most studies on government coalitions in Latin American democracies consider the cabinet to be an or...
The uruguayan democracy has been characterized as one of the most stable in Latin America maintainin...
El presente artículo aplica el estudio de la organización de partidos y el voto legislativo a sistem...
The view that minority governments are anomalies in the Parliamentary system has been abandoned for ...
This study examines a general proposition about democratic legislatures—that their agenda will be ca...
The study of presidential cabinets has mainly focused on coalitional formations, distinguishing indi...