Tables and figures; Contributors; preface and acknowledgements; Party names
and other acronyms and abbreviations; 1. Towards a model of Latin American
legislatures Scott Morgenstern; Part I. Executive-Legislative Relations: 2.
Oscillating relations: president and congress in Argentina Anna María
Mustapic; 3. Presidential cabinets, electoral cycles and coalition
discipline in Brazil Octavio Amorim Neto; 4. Exaggerated presidentialism
and moderate presidents: executive-legislative relations in Chile Peter M.
Siavelis; 5. Executive-legislative relations: the case of Mexico (1946-97)
Ma. Amparo Casar; Part II. Political Parties and Legislative Structure: 6.
Explaining the high level of party discipline in the Argentine congress
Mark P. Jones; 7. Party discipline in the chamber of deputies Barry Ames;
8. Parties, coalitions and the Chilean congress in the 1990s John M. Carey;
9. Understanding party discipline in the Mexican chamber of deputies: the
centralized party model Benito Nacif; Part III. Legislatures and the Policy
Process: 10. Fiscal policy making in the Argentine legislature Kent H.
Eaton; 11. Progressive ambition, federalism and pork-barreling in Brazil
David Samuels; 12. Appointment, re-election and autonomy in the senate of
Chile John Londregan; 13. The legal and partisan framework of the
legislative delegation of the budget in Mexico Jeffrey A. Weldon; Part IV.
Conclusions: 14. Explaining legislative politics in Latin America Scott
Morgenstern; 15. Epilogue: Latin America's reactive assemblies and
proactive presidents Gary W. Cox and Scott Morgenstern; References; Author
index; General index.
