New institutions for participatory democracy in Latin America
Subtitle: voice and consequence
By: edited by Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg, Kenneth E. Sharpe
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781137270573
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections; Democracy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General; Case studies; Citizen participation; Case studies..; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative; Political participation; Local government
Description: "The proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies and considers the relationship between direct participation and the consolidation of representative institutions based on traditional electoral conceptions of democracy. Encompassing case studies of Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Venezuela, the book draws on original fieldwork to assess how institutions operate in practice, thus illuminating the conditions under which direct participation enhances broader aims of democratic participation. In so doing, it conveys fresh perspectives on the quality of democracy in Latin America today and about future prospects for deepening democratic citizenship"--