Regimes and democracy in Latin America : theories and methods / edited by Gerardo L. Munck.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Munck, Gerardo L. (Gerardo Luis), 1958- editor.

Series:

• Oxford studies in democratization.
• Oxford scholarship online.
• Oxford studies in democratization
• Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Democracy--Latin America.
• Latin America--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume will be of interest to readers seeking to understand debates about democracy in developing societies and to grasp the concepts, theories and methods that are currently being developed to study Latin American politics.

Contents:

• Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction: Research Agendas and Strategies in the Study of Latin American Politics; PART I. RESEARCH AGENDAS; 1. The Study of Politics and Democracy: Touchstones of a Research Agenda; 2. Reconceptualizing Democratization: Access to Power Versus Exercise of Power; 3. Neo-Madisonian Theory and Latin American Institutions; PART II. CONCEPTS, DATA, AND DESCRIPTION; 4. Thickening Thin Concepts: Issues in Large-N Data Generation; 5. Classifying Political Regimes in Latin America, 1945-2004; PART III. CAUSAL THEORIZING AND TESTING
• 6. Theory Building and Hypothesis Testing: Large-N Versus Small-N Research on Democratization; 7. Democracy and Growth: A Case Study in Failed Causal Inference; 8. Why Regions of the World Are Important: Regional Specificities and Region-Wide Diffusion of Democracy; 9. Democracy, Dictatorship, and Economic Development: A Model of Reference-Dependent Choices with Experimental Data; References; Index

Notes:

• Formerly CIP.
• Previously issued in print: 2007.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-281) and index.
• Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

• 1-383-03596-2
• 1-281-14986-1
• 9786611149864
• 0-19-152750-5
• 1-4356-2182-4

OCLC:

437094080