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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Domínguez, Jorge I., 1945-

Shifter, Michael.

Series:

Inter-American Dialogue book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Latin America.

Politics and government.

Democracy--Latin America.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : The John Hopkins University Press, 2013.

Summary:

After more than a century of assorted dictatorships and innumerable fiscal crises, the majority of Latin America's states are governed today by constitutional democratic regimes. Some analysts and scholars argue that Latin America weathered the 2008 fiscal crisis much better than the United States. How did this happen? Jorge I. Domínguez and Michael Shifter asked area specialists to examine the electoral and governance factors that shed light on this transformation and the region's prospects. They gather their findings in the fourth edition of Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America. Part I is thematic, covering issues of media, constitutionalism, the commodities boom, and fiscal management vis-à-vis governance. Part II focuses on eight important countries in the region-Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. This updated edition will continue to interest students of Latin American politics, democratization studies, and comparative politics as well as policymakers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : new issues in democratic governance / Michael Shifter

Constitutional rewrites in Latin America, 1987-2009 / Javier Corrales

Mass media and politics in Latin America / Taylor C. Boas

Security challenges for Latin American democratic governance / Lucía Dammert

Natural resources boom and institutional curses in the new political economy of South America / Sebastián Mazzuca

Argentina : democratic consolidation, partisan dealignment, and institutional weakness / Ernesto Calvo and María Victoria Murillo

Bolivia : keeping the coalition together / George Gray Molina

Brazil : democracy in the PT era / David Samuels

Chile : beyond transitional models of politics / Peter M. Siavelis

Colombia : democratic governance amidst an armed conflict / Eduardo Posada-Carbó

Mexico : democratic advances and limitations / Shannon O'Neil

Peru : the challenges of a democracy without parties / Steven Levitsky

Venezuela : political governance and regime change by electoral means / Ángel E. Álvarez

Conclusion : early twenty-first century democratic governance in Latin America / Jorge I. Domínguez.

Notes:

Includes Includes bibliographical references and index.

"An Inter-American Dialogue Book."

ISBN:

9781421409795

1421409798

9781421409788

142140978X

OCLC:

818658867