Taking the behaviour of social movements and civil society during presidential crises during the last twenty years in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador as a variable, the article analyzes how the design of political institutions impacted on the development of political crises and presidential downfall. To do so, a critical literature review is carried out, highlighting the various existing approaches, their commonalities and differences.
Keywords:
Presidents, civil society, instability, social movements.
Coelho, A. (2012). Political Instability and presidential ouster in South America: Causes and Consequences. Política. Revista De Ciencia Política, 50(1), pp. 167–194. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5338.2012.22655