Honors Theses

Date of Award

2008

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Croft Institute for International Studies

First Advisor

Holly Reynolds

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

The presidents of both Argentina and Chile have the power to issue decrees under various circumstances. However, these powers have been used more extensively in Argentina. In this thesis I answer the questions of how presidential decree powers have been used in Argentina and Chile and how these uses have affected democracy. In Chapter 1,1 define decree powers and describe the powers held by presidents in Argentina and Chile since the more recent transitions to democracy. In Chapters 2 and 3, I analyze how these powers have been used in first Argentina, then Chile. Finally, in Chapter 4,1 suggest how this aspect of the president’s power has or has not affected the democracy by looking at executive-legislative relations and public opinion towards democracy and the major political institutions of the state. I conclude that the use of presidential decree powers has not had a negative effect on democracy in Argentina and Chile.

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