Title: On the state of democracy /
Authors: Faúndez, Julio.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Democracy; Democracy Developing countries; Democratization.
Contents: Populism, politics and democracy -- Political parties and democracy : the ambiguous crisis -- Truth, honesty and spin -- Globalizations and democracy -- Democracy and development : is there institutional incompatibility? -- Markets, states and democracy : patron-client networks and the case for democracy in developing countries -- Social rights, courts and constitutional democracy : poverty and welfare rights in the United States -- Democratization through law : perspectives from Latin America -- Political security and democratic rights -- Democratizing democracy : feminist perspectives -- Democratic thought and practice in rural China -- Building inclusive democracies : indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities in Latin America.