UID:
almafu_9959231190002883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 413 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-14642-9
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0-511-12785-5
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1-280-41537-1
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0-511-79111-9
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0-511-18215-5
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0-511-19938-4
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0-511-30281-9
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0-511-12732-4
Content:
The late twentieth century witnessed the birth of an impressive number of new democracies in Latin America. This wave of democratization since 1978 has been by far the broadest and most durable in the history of Latin America, but many of the resulting democratic regimes also suffer from profound deficiencies. What caused democratic regimes to emerge and survive? What are their main achievements and shortcomings? This volume offers an ambitious and comprehensive overview of the unprecedented advances as well as the setbacks in the post-1978 wave of democratization. It seeks to explain the sea change from a region dominated by authoritarian regimes to one in which openly authoritarian regimes are the rare exception, and it analyzes why some countries have achieved striking gains in democratization while others have experienced erosions. The book presents general theoretical arguments about what causes and sustains democracy and analyses of nine compelling country cases.
Note:
Originated in a conference held Apr. 23-24, 2001, University of Notre Dame.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America; democracy in hard times and inauspicious places; the cases; 1 Latin American Democratization since 1978: Democratic Transitions, Breakdowns, and Erosions; I. trends in democratization in latin america; 2. dependent and independent variables; 3. statistical analysis; 4. regional political effects; 5. the impasse of latin american democratization: 1992-2003; 6. conclusions
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2 Argentina: Democratic Survival amidst Economic Failure; 3 The Growing Sustainability of Brazil's Low-Quality Democracy; 4 Demise of Mexico's One-Party Regime: Elite Choices and the Masses in the Establishment of Democracy; 5 Bolivia's Democracy at the Crossroads; 6 Challenges to Political Democracy in El Salvador; 7 Democracy on Ice: The Multiple Challenges of Guatemala's Peace Process; 8 From "Restricted" to "Besieged": The Changing Nature of the Limits to Democracy in Colombia; 9 Peru 1980-2000: Chronicle of a Death Foretold? Determinism, Political Decisions, and Open Outcomes
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10 Democratic Deterioration in Venezuela through Nested Inference; 11Conclusions: Government Performance, Political Representation, and Public Perceptions of Contemporary Democracy in Latin America; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-61320-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-82461-3
Language:
English
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791116
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