Cabinet Reshuffles in Latin America

A Function of Presidential Reputation

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ID6266983
AuthorsMagna Inácio (0000-0003-1747-8820, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, corresponding author), Mariana Llanos (0000-0003-2699-8852, German Institute for Global and Area Studies), Bruno Pinheiro (0000-0002-4128-0892), Bruno R Pinheiro (0000-0001-6260-8511, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Year2024
Volume59
Issue4
Pages1183-1205
Publication date2024-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGovernment and Opposition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0017-257X • E-ISSN: 1477-7053
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/gov.2022.19
OpenAlexW4283028389
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited44

In this article we propose an innovative comparative analysis of cabinet reshuffles in Latin American presidential systems, focusing on personal incentives as drivers of ministerial turnover. We analyse when and why risks of reputational damage to a president drive cabinet changes. These risks are contingent and dependent upon the interaction between a president's reputational assets, on the one hand, and the high ‘walk-away value’ of the minister, on the other. We argue that ministerial turnover is a function of presidents' political and reputational resources as well as of exogenous factors. However, who is fired from the cabinet depends on the ministers' walk-away values and how threatened the president feels by them. We analyse cabinet changes in single-party and multiparty presidential governments in Latin America. Our results confirm the explanatory power of personal incentives to better understand the mechanisms that drive cabinet reshuffles

Cabinet (room · Economics · Incentive · Latin Americans · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Reputation · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration

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