Publication

This issue includes articles on 1) the strategic use of cabinet appointments by executives in presidential systems in Latin America; 2) the impact of religious and occupational titles of candidates on elections in Brazil; 3) the effect of having a political career and the influence of state governors on the voting behavior of national legislators in Argentina; 4) democratic civilian control over the armed forces in Brazil; and 5) the impartiality of judges on the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal.