Outsider Presidents and Neophyte Ministers: Evidence from the Fujimori Example

The critics of presidentialism point out that the arrival to power of outsiders is one of the perils of presidentialism. This contributes to this literature by analyzing the impact of outsider presidents on cabinet composition. The central argument is that outsider presidents tend to appoint technoc...

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Autor principal: CARRERAS, Miguel; University of Pittsburgh
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad de Salamanca 2013
Materias:
presidents; ministers; cabinets; outsiders; Fujimori; Peru
presidentes; ministros; gabinetes; outsiders; Fujimori; Perú
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/10244
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=es/es-011&d=article10244oai
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presidentes; ministros; gabinetes; outsiders; Fujimori; Perú
spellingShingle presidents; ministers; cabinets; outsiders; Fujimori; Peru
presidentes; ministros; gabinetes; outsiders; Fujimori; Perú
CARRERAS, Miguel; University of Pittsburgh
Outsider Presidents and Neophyte Ministers: Evidence from the Fujimori Example
topic_facet presidents; ministers; cabinets; outsiders; Fujimori; Peru
presidentes; ministros; gabinetes; outsiders; Fujimori; Perú
description The critics of presidentialism point out that the arrival to power of outsiders is one of the perils of presidentialism. This contributes to this literature by analyzing the impact of outsider presidents on cabinet composition. The central argument is that outsider presidents tend to appoint technocratic and independent ministers. Outsiders do not have the willingness or the capacity to negotiate with other political forces because they lack a political socialization. Moreover, a strategy of confrontation with established parties is politically and electorally more advantageous for outsider presidents. In this article, I provide empirical evidence based on an in-depth analysis of the Peruvian cabinets in the period 1980-1995. This work compares the cabinets of two presidents that were traditional party leaders (Belaúnde and García) with the cabinets of an outsider (Fujimori). I also analyze the consequences of having a cabinet made of political neophytes for the functioning of the cabinet.
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title Outsider Presidents and Neophyte Ministers: Evidence from the Fujimori Example
title_short Outsider Presidents and Neophyte Ministers: Evidence from the Fujimori Example
title_full Outsider Presidents and Neophyte Ministers: Evidence from the Fujimori Example
title_fullStr Outsider Presidents and Neophyte Ministers: Evidence from the Fujimori Example
title_full_unstemmed Outsider Presidents and Neophyte Ministers: Evidence from the Fujimori Example
title_sort outsider presidents and neophyte ministers: evidence from the fujimori example
publisher Universidad de Salamanca
publishDate 2013
url http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/10244
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