Between 2016 and 2020, a group of activist generals successfully plotted the Brazilian
military's gradual return to the political center stage with powers unseen since the …

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar algumas das polêmicas existentes nos debates políticos e
acadêmicos sobre a caracterização do impeachment de Dilma como sendo uma …

The Will of the People: Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America argues that while
populist leaders typically claim to speak'in the name of the people', they rarely allow the …

It is often assumed that checks and balances are effective in curbing corruption, in part
because checks and balances are so often assumed to be synonymous with the separation …

Presidential term limits have been a crucial institutional feature of the third wave of
democratization. They are meant to safeguard democracy by promoting alternation in office …

Traditional constitutional theory, and proceduralist conceptions of democracy, are
preoccupied with insulating civil authorities from direct exposure to the unfiltered pressures …

The storming of the US Capitol building in January 2021 was a presidential attempt at a self-
coup. To make the case, this article reviews elements of the Capitol assault and the events …

Have you ever noticed that when you open a social media app, the post at the bottom of your
screen is cut off? Go ahead, try it. You'll find that most of the time, the bottom post in your …

The foundation of post–WWII US foreign policy is the deployment and maintenance of a vast
network of overseas military deployments. While the external security implications of these …

Despite Giovanni Sartori's famous warning, contemporary academia has seen a new bout of
conceptual stretching, as evident in the loose, expansive usage of terms such as coup and …