Table of Contents:
  • Towards a model of Latin American legislatures / Scott Morgenstern
  • Oscillating relations: president and congress in Argentina / Ana María Mustapic
  • Presidential cabinets, electoral cycles, and coalition discipline in Brazil / Octavio Amorim Neto
  • Exaggerated presidentialism and moderate presidents: executive-legislative relations in Chile / Peter M. Siavelis
  • Executive-legislative relations: the case of Mexico (1946-1997) / Ma. Amparo Casar
  • Explaining the high level of party discipline in the Argentine congress / Mark P. Jones
  • Party discipline in the chamber of deputies / Barry Ames
  • Parties, coalitions, and the Chilean congress in the 1990s / John M. Carey
  • Understanding party discipline in the Mexican chamber of deputies: the centralized party model / Benito Nacif
  • Fiscal policy making in the Argentine legislature / Kent H. Eaton
  • Progressive ambition, federalism, and pork-barreling in Brazil / David Samuels
  • Appointment, reflection, and autonomy in the senate of Chile / John Londregan
  • The legal and partisan framework of the legislative delegation of the budget in Mexico / Jeffrey A. Weldon
  • Explaining legislative politics in Latin America / Scott Morgenstern
  • Epilogue: Latin America₂s reactive assemblies and proactive presidents / Gary W. Cox and Scott Morgenstern.