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Constructing democratic governance in Latin America / edited by Jorge I. Dominguez and Michael Shifter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Inter-American dialogue bookPublisher: Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, 2013Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xxiii, 377 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781421409795 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1421409798 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.98
LOC classification:
  • JL 966 C758 2013
Contents:
Introduction : new issues in democratic governance / Michael Shifter Constitutional rewrites in Latin America, 1987-2009 / Javier Corrales Mass media and politics in Latin America / Taylor C. Boas Security challenges for Latin American democratic governance / Lucía Dammert Natural resources boom and institutional curses in the new political economy of South America / Sebastián Mazzuca Argentina : democratic consolidation, partisan dealignment, and institutional weakness / Ernesto Calvo and María Victoria Murillo Bolivia : keeping the coalition together / George Gray Molina Brazil : democracy in the PT era / David Samuels Chile : beyond transitional models of politics / Peter M. Siavelis Colombia : democratic governance amidst an armed conflict / Eduardo Posada-Carbó Mexico : democratic advances and limitations / Shannon O'Neil Peru : the challenges of a democracy without parties / Steven Levitsky Venezuela : political governance and regime change by electoral means / Ángel E. Álvarez Conclusion : early twenty-first century democratic governance in Latin America / Jorge I. Domínguez
Summary: Already widely used in courses, Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America will continue to interest students of Latin American politics, democratization studies, and comparative politics as well as policymakers.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JL 966 C758 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000177310

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Introduction : new issues in democratic governance / Michael Shifter
Constitutional rewrites in Latin America, 1987-2009 / Javier Corrales
Mass media and politics in Latin America / Taylor C. Boas
Security challenges for Latin American democratic governance / Lucía Dammert
Natural resources boom and institutional curses in the new political economy of South America / Sebastián Mazzuca
Argentina : democratic consolidation, partisan dealignment, and institutional weakness / Ernesto Calvo and María Victoria Murillo
Bolivia : keeping the coalition together / George Gray Molina
Brazil : democracy in the PT era / David Samuels
Chile : beyond transitional models of politics / Peter M. Siavelis
Colombia : democratic governance amidst an armed conflict / Eduardo Posada-Carbó
Mexico : democratic advances and limitations / Shannon O'Neil
Peru : the challenges of a democracy without parties / Steven Levitsky
Venezuela : political governance and regime change by electoral means / Ángel E. Álvarez
Conclusion : early twenty-first century democratic governance in Latin America / Jorge I. Domínguez

Already widely used in courses, Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America will continue to interest students of Latin American politics, democratization studies, and comparative politics as well as policymakers.

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