Constructing democratic governance in Latin America / edited by Jorge I. Domínguez, Michael Shifter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Domínguez, Jorge I., 1945-

Shifter, Michael.

Series:

Inter-American Dialogue book

An Inter-American Dialogue book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Latin America.

Democracy.

Latin America.

Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xix, 450 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Since the first edition of the acclaimed Constructing Democratic Governance was published in 1996, the democracies of Latin America and the Caribbean have undergone significant change. This new, one-volume edition, edited by Jorge I. Dominguez and Michael Shifter, offers a concise update to current scholarship in this important area of international studies. The book is divided into two parts: Themes and Issues, and Country Studies. Countries not covered by individual studies are discussed in the introduction, conclusion, and thematic chapters. In the introduction, Michael Shifter provides an overview of new developments in Latin America and the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on civil society and problems of governance. The conclusion, by Jorge I. Dominguez, ties together the themes of the various chapters and discusses the role of parties and electoral politics. Contributors: Felipe Aguero, University of Miami; John M. Carey, Washington University in St. Louis; Fernando Cepeda Ulloa, Universidad de los Andes; Michael Coppedge; University of Notre Dame; Javier Corrales, Amherst College; Carlos Ivan Degregori, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos; Rut Diamint, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Denise Dresser, University of Southern California; Mala N. Htun, New School University; Marta Lagos, Latinobarometro; Bolivar Lamounier, Augurium: Analise; Steven Levitsky, Harvard University; M. Victoria Murillo, Yale University

Contents:

Presidentialism and representative institutions / by John M. Carey

The military / by Rut Diamint

Market reforms / by Javier Corrales

Latin American labor / by M. Victoria Murillo

Women and democracy / by Mala N. Htun

Public opinion by / Marta Lagos

Venezuela : popular sovereignty vs. liberal democracy / by Michael Coppedge

Colombia : the governability crisis / by Fernando Cepeda Ulloa

Peru : the vanishing of a regime and the challenge of democratic rebuilding / by Carlos Iván Degregori

Argentina : from crisis to consolidation / by Steven Levitsky

Brazil : an assessment of the Cardoso administration / by Bolívar Lamounier

Chile : unfinished transition and increased political competition / by Felipe Agëro

Mexico : from PRI predominance to divided democracy / by Denise Dresser

Constructing democratic governance in Latin America : taking stock of the 1990s / by Jorge I. Dominguez.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Constructing democratic governance.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-439) and index.

ISBN:

0801871190

0801871204

OCLC:

48958586