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The Case for Presidential Term Limits

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ID6288329
AuthorsGideon Maltz (corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume18
Issue1
Pages128-142
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2007.0010
OpenAlexW2032462890
LanguageEN
Citations received53
References cited7

Presidential term limits have spread very widely, but the challenge today is that of enforcement. Term limits are an important instrument of democratization in electoral-authoritarian countries: this is not just because they constrain the power of individual leaders, but also because they tend to promote political party alternation, as in Croatia in 2000 and Kenya in 2002, which in turn fosters democratization. The international community can promote presidential term limits compliance through deepening the norm of term limits, using aid conditionality, addressing the incentives of incumbent leaders, and encouraging the entrenchment of term limits in constitutions

Authoritarianism · Conditionality · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Incentive · Market economy · Norm (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Term (time · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance

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Unique citing works53
Citations per year2,79
Citation span2007 - 2025 (19)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 53
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