Latin America's struggle for democracy /

Latin America's struggle for democracy / edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, and Diego Abente Brun. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. - xxiv, 301 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - A journal of democracy book . - A journal of democracy book. .

Introduction / Diego Abente Brun -- Latin American presidencies interrupted / Arturo Valenzuela -- The crisis of representation in the Andes / Scott Mainwaring -- Latin America's indigenous peoples / Donna Lee Van Cott -- Populism, socialism, and democratic institutions / Hector E. Schamis -- Explaining the left's resurgence / Matthew R. Cleary -- The rise of populism and the left / Mitchell A. Seligson -- The transformation of the labor arena / Christopher Sabatini and Eric Farnsworth -- Argentina : from Kirchner to Kirchner / Steven Levitsky and Maria Victoria Murillo -- Politics, markets, and society in Brazil / Lourdes Sola -- Problems of success in Chile / Arturo Valenzuela and Lucia Dammert -- An unlikely comeback in eru / Cynthia McClintock -- Colombia hews to the path of change / Eduardo Posada-Carbâo. Venezuela : Chavez and the opposition / Javier Corrales and Michael Penfold -- Ecuador : Correa's plebiscitary presidency / Catherine M. Conaghan -- Mexico's contentious election / Luis Estrada and Alejandro Poire. The mobilization of distrust in Mexico / Andreas Schedler -- Looking to Mexico's future / Jorge G. Castaneda and Marco A. Morales -- From turmoil to stability in Central America / Consuelo Cruz -- The Caribbean : democracy adrift? / Daniel P. Erikson.

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Democracy--Latin America.
Democratization--Latin America.
Democracia--America Latina.


Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.

100 JL 966 / L357 2008

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