The practice of electoral stellionate consists of a chief executive who, when elected, adopts a measure completely opposite to what was promised in the campaign. Although the name refers to the crime of stellionate foreseen by law, the practice integrates the sphere of public debate. Political scientist Susan Stokes was one of the pioneers in creating the concept while studying the Argentine government of Carlos Menem in the book "Mandates and D…
The practice of electoral stellionate consists of a chief executive who, when elected, adopts a measure completely opposite to what was promised in the campaign. Although the name refers to the crime of stellionate foreseen by law, the practice integrates the sphere of public debate. Political scientist Susan Stokes was one of the pioneers in creating the concept while studying the Argentine government of Carlos Menem in the book "Mandates and D…