The Quality of Democracy in Latin America /
The Quality of Democracy in Latin America /
ed. by José E. Molina, Daniel H. Levine.
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Evaluating the Quality of Democracy in Latin America -- 2 Measuring the Quality of Democracy -- 3 Chile: A Model Case? -- 4 Argentina: Resilience in the Face of Challenges -- 5 Mexico: Weak State, Weak Democracy -- 6 Brazil: The Persistence of Oligarchy -- 7 Bolivia: The Growth of Grassroots Participation -- 8 Nicaragua: Chapiolla Democracy -- 9 Colombia: The Effects of Violence -- 10 Venezuela: The Impact of Recent Electoral Processes -- 11 The Quality of Democracy: Strengths and Weaknesses in Latin America -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
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In considering the nature and future prospects of the current wave of democracies in Latin America, analysis has shifted from a concern with regime change, transitions, and consolidation to a focus on the quality of these democracies. To what extent, for example, do citizens participate and influence decisionmaking? Are elections free and fair? Are there ways of ensuring government accountability? Do unelected power brokers exert undue influence? Furthering this new approach, the authors of The Quality of Democracy in Latin America provide a rich, nuanced analysis—centered on a multidimensional theoretical foundation—of democratic systems in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781685857790
10.1515/9781685857790 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Evaluating the Quality of Democracy in Latin America -- 2 Measuring the Quality of Democracy -- 3 Chile: A Model Case? -- 4 Argentina: Resilience in the Face of Challenges -- 5 Mexico: Weak State, Weak Democracy -- 6 Brazil: The Persistence of Oligarchy -- 7 Bolivia: The Growth of Grassroots Participation -- 8 Nicaragua: Chapiolla Democracy -- 9 Colombia: The Effects of Violence -- 10 Venezuela: The Impact of Recent Electoral Processes -- 11 The Quality of Democracy: Strengths and Weaknesses in Latin America -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
In considering the nature and future prospects of the current wave of democracies in Latin America, analysis has shifted from a concern with regime change, transitions, and consolidation to a focus on the quality of these democracies. To what extent, for example, do citizens participate and influence decisionmaking? Are elections free and fair? Are there ways of ensuring government accountability? Do unelected power brokers exert undue influence? Furthering this new approach, the authors of The Quality of Democracy in Latin America provide a rich, nuanced analysis—centered on a multidimensional theoretical foundation—of democratic systems in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781685857790
10.1515/9781685857790 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American.