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The crisis of democratic representation in the Andes / edited by Scott Mainwaring, Ana Maria Bejarano, and Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Representative government and representation--Andes Region.
- Representative government and representation.
- Democracy--Andes Region.
- Democracy.
- Political culture--Andes Region.
- Political culture.
- Andes Region--Politics and government.
- Andes Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume analyses and explains the crisis of democratic representation in five Andean countries: Bolivia, Colombia Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It addresses an important question for Latin America as well as other parts of the world: why does representation sometimes fail to work?
- Contents:
- The crisis of democratic representation in the Andes : an overview / Scott Mainwaring, Ana Maria Bejarano, and Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez
- From crisis to collapse of the party systems and dilemmas of democratic representation : Peru and Venezuela / Martin Tanaka
- Giants with feet of clay : political parties in Colombia / Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez
- Ecuador : the provincialization of representation / Simon Pachano
- Outsiders and neopopulism : the road to plebiscitary democracy / Rene Antonio Mayorga
- Decentralized politics and political outcomes in the Andes / Kathleen O'Neill
- The nature of representation in Andean legislatures and attempts at institutional reengineering / Brian F. Crisp
- Urban citizen movements and disempowerment in Peru and Venezuela / Daniel H. Levine, Catalina Romero
- Indigenous politics in the Andes : changing patterns of recognition, reform, and representation / Deborah J. Yashar
- State deficiencies, party competition, and confidence in democratic representation in the Andes / Scott Mainwaring.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8047-6791-2
- 1-4294-5680-9
- OCLC:
- 923699863
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