Latin America in Times of Turbulence: Presidentialism under Stress

This book accounts for and analyzes the latest developments in Latin American democracies, with a special focus on political institutions.

Mariana Llanos is Lead Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies and Extraordinary Professor of Democratic Institutions in the Global South at the University of Erfurt, Germany. In her research, she compares Latin American political institutions, with a particular focus on the presidency, presidential impeachments, and courts-executive relations.

Leiv Marsteintredet is Professor at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, where he also currently holds the position as Chair. Marsteintredet has mainly worked on political institutions and democracy in Latin America focusing on critical events such as coups, presidential breakdowns, and presidential impeachments.