German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Paul Chambers / Andreas Ufen

Causes, Effects, and Forms of Factionalism in Southeast Asia

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs | 2020

Regional Institutes

GIGA Institute for Asian Studies

Research Programmes

Accountability and Participation

Journal

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs

Volume

Number

Pages

3-16

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/1868103420916044

Dr. Paul Chambers

Institute of Southeast Asian Affairs, Faculty of Political Science, Chiang Mai University

PD Dr. Andreas Ufen

Senior Research Fellow

T. +49 40 428874-32 [email protected]

GIGA Focus Latin America | 4/2021

The Political Limits of Presidential Impeachment: Lessons from Latin America

In presidential democracies, impeachment proceedings are an important mechanism for controlling executive powers. GIGA expert Prof. Mariana Llanos and Prof. Leiv Marsteintredet show in the GIGA Focus that impeachment proceedings can, however, also open the door to party-political interests and opportunism.