The consolidation of democracy in Latin America
By: edited by Joseph S. Tulchin with Bernice Romero.
Contributors: Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939-; Romero, Bernice.
Series: Woodrow Wilson Center current studies on Latin America
Publisher: L. Rienner Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Democracy -- Latin America -- Congresses.; Latin America -- Economic policy -- Congresses.
Description: "Series of eight papers on the prospects for consolidated democracy in Latin America prepared in 1993 by the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center in conjunction with the Olof Palme International Foundation. Selected essays focus on: 1) obstacles to the democratization process; 2) the political consequences of economic reform programs; and 3) the external context for democratization. In a perceptive chapter on 'transitology,' Schmitter argues that the increased reliance on multilateral diplomacy and international organizations in the aftermath of the Cold War has brought pressure to bear on the remaining non-democracies and recidivist democracies in the region. Authors express concern about the negative impact of some economic reforms on democratic consolidation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-170) and index.
Papers of a forum held in Badalona, Spain, in Jan. 1993.