Politicians and politics in Latin America / edited by Manuel Alcántara Sáez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alcántara Sáez, Manuel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representative government and representation--Latin America.

Representative government and representation.

Legislative bodies.

Latin America.

Political parties--Latin America.

Political parties.

Legislative bodies--Latin America.

Politicians--Latin America.

Politicians.

Physical Description:

xiv, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008.

Contents:

Studying parliamentary elites in Latin America, 1994-2006 / Fátima García Díez and Araceli Mateos Díaz

The conundrum of representation / Patricia Marenghi and Mercedes García Montero

The meanings of democracy and institutional trust / Araceli Mateos Díaz

Legislators and political agendas / Manuel Alcántara Sáez

The organization of political parties / Leticia M. Ruiz Rodríguez

The dimentions of polarization in parliaments / Cristina Rivas Pérez

The determinants of intraparty ideological differences / Flavia Freidenberg, Fátima García Díez and Iván Llamazares Valduvieco

Programatic coherence / Leticia M. Ruiz Rodríguez

The parliamentary left / Salvador Martí i Puig and Salvador Santiuste Cué

The parliamentary right / Manuel Alcántara Sáez and Iván Llamazares Valduvieco

Legislative careers: does quality matter? / María del Mar Martínez Rosón

Politicians and politics in Latin America after twenty-five years of democracy / Manuel Alcántara Sáez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-301) and index.

ISBN:

9781588265487

158826548X

OCLC:

122701959