Constructing democratic governance in Latin America
By: edited by Jorge I. Domí́nguez, Michael Shifter.
Contributors: Domínguez, Jorge I., 1945-; Shifter, Michael.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801871191; 9780801890048; 9780801871207; 9780801890055
Subjects: Democracy -- Latin America.; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Emerging trends and determining factors in democratic governance / Michael Shifter; value: The fading regional consensus on democratic convergence / Laurence Whitehead; value: The backlash against market reforms and the Left in Latin America in the 2000s / Javier Corrales; value: Political inclusion and social inequality : women, Afro-descendents, and indigenous peoples / Mala Htun; value: Argentina : democracy and institutional weakness / Steven Levitsky; value: Bolivia : Evo Morales and democracy / Eduardo A. Gamarra; value: Brazil : democracy under Lula and the PT / David Samuels; value: Chile : the end of the unfinished transition / Peter Siavelis; value: Colombia : democratic security and political reform / Fernando Cepeda Ulloa; value: Mexico : dysfunctional democracy / Denise Dresser; value: Peru : an unfinished transition / Carlos Iván Degregori; value: Venezuela : delegative democracy or electoral autocracy? / David J. Myers; value: Three decades since the start of the democratic transitions / Jorge I. Domínguez.