Institutional design in new democracies
Subtitle: Eastern Europe and Latin America
By: edited by Arend Lijphart & Carlos H. Waisman.
Contributors: Lijphart, Arend.; Waisman, Carlos H. 1943-
Series: Latin America in global perspective
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: New democracies -- Latin America; New democracies -- Europe, Central; New democracies -- Europe, Eastern; Comparative government; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-; Latin America -- Economic policy; Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Europe, Central -- Economic policy; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Europe, Eastern -- Economic policy -- 1989-
Description: "Excellent treatment of the problems involved in the institutional design of democratization. Using a comparative perspective, authors examine the relationship between the tasks of institutional design and the policy outcomes of economic and political liberalization in Latin America and in Central and Eastern Europe. Focuses on how institutions serve a market economy, the design of electoral laws, and executive-legislative relations. Although differences do exist, authors find that 'Eastern Europe and Latin America are conceptual and theoretical neighbors rather than distant strangers' to the process of democratization"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.