Latin America's Struggle for Democracy - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801890594 ISBN 13 : 9780801890598

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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Almost thirty years have passed since Latin America joined democracy's global "third wave," and not a single government has reverted to what was once the most common form of authoritarianism: military rule. Behind this laudable record, however, lurk problems that are numerous and deep, ranging from an ominous resurgence of antidemocratic and economically irresponsible populism to the fragility and unreliability of key democratic institutions.

A new addition to the Journal of Democracy series, this volume ponders both the successes and the difficulties that color Latin American politics today. The book brings together recent articles from the journal and adds new and updated material. In these essays, a distinguished roster of contributors thoughtfully examines democratic problems and prospects from the Rio Grande to Tierra del Fuego.

The first section assesses regionwide trends, including the forces behind the much-discussed political "turn to the left," the travails of the presidential form of government, the challenges of integrating newly mobilized indigenous populations into politics, the need for major reform in labor markets, and the implications of rising populism for democratic institutions and governance. The second section features important case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The final section surveys Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Contributors: Jorge G. Castañeda, Matthew R. Cleary, Catherine M. Conaghan, Javier Corrales, Consuelo Cruz, Lucía Dammert, Daniel P. Erikson, Luis Estrada, Eric Farnsworth, Steven Levitsky, Scott Mainwaring, Cynthia McClintock, Marco A. Morales, María Victoria Murillo, Michael Penfold, Alejandro Poiré, Eduardo Posada-Carbó, Christopher Sabatini, Hector E. Schamis, Andreas Schedler, Mitchell A. Seligson, Lourdes Sola, Arturo Valenzuela, Donna Lee Van Cott

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. Plattner and Diamond are coeditors of the Journal of Democracy.

Diego Abente Brun is a senior associate researcher at Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Economía Paraguaya and a senior researcher at CONACYT-Paraguay. He is author or coeditor of several books, including Latin America's Struggle for Democracy, also published by Johns Hopkins, which he coedited with Larry Diamond.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801890594
• ISBN 13: 9780801890598
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Diamond Larry, Plattner Marc F., Abente Brun Diego
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