Building Democracy in Latin America / John Peeler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peeler, John, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The third edition of this historically and theoretically grounded analysis of the democratic experience in Latin America reflects important developments both in the region and in the comparative politics literature. Placing the subject in a normative context, John Peeler gives significant attention to the adequacy of a purely electoral concept of democracy. He also addresses the problems that economic globalization pose for building vital democracies. One focus of this new edition is the recent “left turn” in Latin America, which has seen the majority of the region’s countries elect presidents with socialist or social democratic stances that directly challenge the previously dominant free market, neoliberal ideology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

1 Basic Issues of Democratic Theory

2 Democracy and the Latin American Tradition

3 Foundations: Establishing Democracy

4 Maintenance: Stabilization and Consolidation

5 Destabilization, Deconsolidation, Decay

6 Latin American Democracy Today

7 A New Vision of Democracy in a Globalized World

Acronyms

References

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-672-1

OCLC:

1334343798