Democratic Latin America
By: Craig L. Arceneaux
Publisher: Longman
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780205210336
Subjects: Politics and government; Democracy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An institutional approach to democracy and democratization in Latin America; title: State and nation in colonial Latin America; title: Constitutions : from states and nations to regimes, and back again; title: The executive branch : Latin American style; title: The legislative branch : the centerpiece of democracy under fire; title: The judiciary in Latin America : separate but unequal; title: Electoral systems : the core of democratic politics; title: From civil society to political parties : putting democracy into practice; title: Federalism and unitarism : learning to share; title: The armed forces : bridging the civil-military divide.