JODY C. BAUMGARTNER is an independent scholar and researcher who has taught at Miami University and the American University in Armenia. Among his earlier publicaitons is Modern Presidential Electioneering: An Organizational and Comparative Approach (Praeger, 2000).NAOKO KADA is with the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Her research interests focus on executive-legislative relations, political corruption, the political role of the judiciary, and the civil society.

• Comparative Presidential Impeachment: Introduction by Jody Baumgartner The Political Nature of Presidential Impeachment in the United States by William B. Perkins Weak Institutions and Strong Movements: The Case of President Estrada's Impeachment in the Philippines by Yuko Kasuya Presidential Impeachment and the Politics of Survival: The Case of Columbia by Anibal S. Perez-Linan and Victor J. Hinojosa Madagascar: Impeachment as Parlimentary Coup D'etat by Philip M. Allen Impeachment, Russian Style (1998-99) by Jody Baumgartner Impeachment as a Punishment for Corruption? The Cases of Brazil and Venezuela by Naoka Kada Comparative Presidential Impeachment: Conclusions by Naoko Kada Endnotes Recommended Readings

JODY C. BAUMGARTNER is an independent scholar and researcher who has taught at Miami University and the American University in Armenia. Among his earlier publicaitons is Modern Presidential Electioneering: An Organizational and Comparative Approach (Praeger, 2000).NAOKO KADA is with the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Her research interests focus on executive-legislative relations, political corruption, the political role of the judiciary, and the civil society.

• Comparative Presidential Impeachment: Introduction by Jody Baumgartner The Political Nature of Presidential Impeachment in the United States by William B. Perkins Weak Institutions and Strong Movements: The Case of President Estrada's Impeachment in the Philippines by Yuko Kasuya Presidential Impeachment and the Politics of Survival: The Case of Columbia by Anibal S. Perez-Linan and Victor J. Hinojosa Madagascar: Impeachment as Parlimentary Coup D'etat by Philip M. Allen Impeachment, Russian Style (1998-99) by Jody Baumgartner Impeachment as a Punishment for Corruption? The Cases of Brazil and Venezuela by Naoka Kada Comparative Presidential Impeachment: Conclusions by Naoko Kada Endnotes Recommended Readings

JODY C. BAUMGARTNER is an independent scholar and researcher who has taught at Miami University and the American University in Armenia. Among his earlier publicaitons is Modern Presidential Electioneering: An Organizational and Comparative Approach (Praeger, 2000).NAOKO KADA is with the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Her research interests focus on executive-legislative relations, political corruption, the political role of the judiciary, and the civil society.

• Comparative Presidential Impeachment: Introduction by Jody Baumgartner The Political Nature of Presidential Impeachment in the United States by William B. Perkins Weak Institutions and Strong Movements: The Case of President Estrada's Impeachment in the Philippines by Yuko Kasuya Presidential Impeachment and the Politics of Survival: The Case of Columbia by Anibal S. Perez-Linan and Victor J. Hinojosa Madagascar: Impeachment as Parlimentary Coup D'etat by Philip M. Allen Impeachment, Russian Style (1998-99) by Jody Baumgartner Impeachment as a Punishment for Corruption? The Cases of Brazil and Venezuela by Naoka Kada Comparative Presidential Impeachment: Conclusions by Naoko Kada Endnotes Recommended Readings