Democratic governance in Latin America / edited by Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mainwaring, Scott, 1954-

Scully, Timothy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Latin America.

Democracy.

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

Latin America.

Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Producing more effective governance is the greatest challenge that faces most Latin American democracies today—a challenge that involves not only strengthening democratic institutions but also increasing governmental effectiveness. Focusing on the post-1990 period, this volume addresses why some policies and some countries have been more successful than others in meeting this dual challenge. Two features of the volume stand out. First, whereas some analysts tend to generalize for Latin America as a whole, this group of authors underscores the striking differences of achievement among countries in the region and illustrates the importance of understanding these differences. The second feature is the range of expertise within the volume. In addition to the volume editors, the contributors are Alan Angell, Daniel Brinks, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, José de Gregorio, Alejandro Foxley, Evelyne Huber, José Miguel Insulza, Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Patricio Navia, Francisco Rodriguez, Mitchell Seligson, John Stephens, Jorge Vargas Cullell, and Ignacio Walker.

Contents:

Measuring success in democratic governance / Scott Mainwaring, Timothy R. Scully, and Jorge Vargas Cullell

Economic growth in Latin America : from the disappointment of the twentieth century to the challenges of the twenty-first / José De Gregorio

Does one size fit all in policy reform? : cross-national evidence and its implications for Latin America / Francisco Rodríguez

More market or more state for Latin America? / Alejandro Foxley

Social policy and democratic governance in Latin America / Evelyne Huber and John Stephens

The rule of law as a governance issue : lessons from the prosecution of rights violations / Daniel Brinks

Political institutions, populism, and democracy in Latin America / Patricio Navia and Ignacio Walker

Democratic governance in Chile / Alan Angell

Limits to Costa Rican heterodoxy : what has changed in "paradise"? / Mitchell Seligson and Juliana Martínez Franzoni

Structural reform and governability : the Brazilian experience in the 1990s / Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Democratic governance in Latin America : eleven lessons from recent experience / Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully

Postscript : democratic governance in Latin America / José Miguel Insulza.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804772969

0804772967

OCLC:

827207303