Constructing democratic governance : South America in the 1990's / edited by Jorge I. Domínguez and Abraham F. Lowenthal - Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, 1996 - xvii, 224, 41 p. / 23 cm. - An Inter-American dialogue book .

Introduction : Constructing democratic governance, 3. -- Venezuela : the rise and fall of partyarchy, 3. -- Colombia : Building decracy in the midst of violence and drugs, 20. -- Ecuador : Democracy standing the test of time?, 42. -- Peru : The rupture of democratic rule, 58. -- Bolivia : Managing democracy in the 1990's, 72. -- Chile : The political underpinnings of economic liberalization, 99. -- Paraguay : Transition from caudillo rule, 118. -- Uruguay : From restoration to the crisis governability, 133. -- Argentina : Democracy in Turmoil, 147. -- Brazil : the hyperative paralysis syndrome, 166

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