Latin American democracy
Subtitle: emerging reality or endangered species?
By: edited by Richard L. Millett, Jennifer S. Homes, Orlando J. Perez.
Contributors: Millett, Richard L.; Holmes, Jennifer S.; Pérez, Orlando J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780415990479; 9780415990486; 9780203884188
Subjects: Democracy -- Latin America; Political participation -- Latin America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Democratic consolidation in Latin America? / Jennifer S. Holmes; title: Measuring democratic political culture in Latin America / Orlando Pérez; title: Latin American democracy : how is it viewed from the north? / Ambler Moss; title: Latin American democracy : the view from the south / Francisco Rojas Aravena; title: The rule of law in Latin America / Luz E. Nagle; title: Executive-legislative relations and democracy in Latin America / Peter Siavelis; title: Feminism in Latin America : equity, justice, and survival / Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres; title: New politics, new parties? / Roberto Espindola; title: The state, the military, and the citizen / Rut Diamint and Laura Tedesco; title: Democratization, globalization, and social change : an evolving human rights / Chip Pitts and Jorge Daniel Taillant; title: Latin American democracy and the media / Don Bohning; title: Indian nationalism, democracy, and the future of the nation-state in Central and South America / Martin E. Anderson; title: The persistent attraction of populism in the Andes / Julio Carrión; title: Crime and citizen security : democracy's Achilles heel / Richard Millett; title: The left in government : deepening or constraining democracy in Latin America? / Martin Nilsson; title: Democracy and economic growth in Latin America / Isaac Cohen; title: Is Latin American condemned by corruption / Juan F. Facetti; title: The U.S. role in democratization : coping with the episodic embraces / Gene E. Bigler.