Fabrice Lehoucq
Can Parties Police Themselves? Electoral Governance and Democratization
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
article outlines logic consequences classical theory electoral governance empowering executive administration elections legislature certification vote tally theory expected elected officials generate widely acceptable election results article argues classical theory breaks party controls executive legislature developments several presidential systems offer tentative support central hypothesis parties delegated election governance autonomous court system election conflicts stop promoting political instability comparisons us latin american separation power systems also suggest political developments north south america much similar commonly assumed