Federalism and democracy in Latin America
By: edited by Edward L. Gibson
Contributors: Gibson, Edward L
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Federal government -- Latin America;; Democracy -- Latin America; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Federalism and democracy: theoretical connections and cautionary insights / Edward L. Gibson; title: Toward a new comparative politics of federalism, multinationalism, and democracy: beyond Rikerian federalism / Alfred Stepan; title: Strong federalism, constraints on the central government, and economic reform in Brazil / David J. Samuels and Scott Mainwaring; title: Legislative malapportionment in Latin America: historical and comparative perspectives / Richard Snyder and David J. Samuels; title: Reallocative federalism: legislative overrepresentation and public spending in the Western hemisphere / Edward L. Gibson, Ernesto Calvo, and Tulia G. Falleti; title: Federalism and institutional change in Venezuela / Michael Penfold-Becerra; title: Unity by the stick: regional conflict and the origins of Argentine federalism / Edward L. Gibson and Tulia G. Falleti; title: Multiple arenas of struggle: federalism and Mexico's transition to democracy / Enrique Ochoa-Reza; title: Do federal institutions matter?: rules and political practices in regional resource allocation in Mexico / Alberto Diaz-Cayeros; title: Electorally generated veto players in unitary and federal systems / Alfred Stepan