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Online-Ressource (436 p)
ISBN:
9780804760843
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Producing more effective governance is the greatest challenge that faces most Latin American democracies today-a challenge that involves not only strengthening democratic institutions but also increasing governmental effectiveness. Focusing on the post-1990 period, this volume addresses why some policies and some countries have been more successful than others in meeting this dual challenge.Two features of the volume stand out. First, whereas some analysts tend to generalize for Latin America as a whole, this group of authors underscores the striking differences of achievement among countries
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Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction / Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully; Part One: Variance in Success: Economics, Social Policy, and the State; 1. Measuring Success in Democratic Governance / Scott Mainwaring, Timothy R. Scully, and Jorge Vargas Cullell; 2. Economic Growth in Latin America: From the Disappointment of the Twentieth Century to the Challenges of the Twenty-First /José De Gregorio; 3. Does One Size Fit All in Policy Reform? Cross-National Evidence and Its Implications for Latin America / Francisco Rodríguez
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4. More Market or More State for Latin America? A Reflection for the Post-Crisis / Alejandro Foxley5. Successful Social Policy Regimes? Political Economy, Politics, and Social Policy in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Costa Rica / Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens; 6. Institutional Design and Judicial Effectiveness: Lessons from the Prosecution of Rights Violations for Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law / Daniel M. Brinks; 7. Political Institutions, Populism, and Democracy in Latin America / Patricio Navia and Ignacio Walker; Part Two: Country Cases: Explaining Success
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8. Democratic Governance in Chile / Alan Angell9. Limits to Costa Rican Heterodoxy: What Has Changed in "Paradise"? / Mitchell A. Seligson and Juliana Martínez Franzoni; 10. Structural Reform and Governability: The Brazilian Experience in the 1990s / Fernando Henrique Cardoso; Part Three: Conclusion; 11. Democratic Governance in Latin America: Eleven Lessons from Recent Experience / Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully; 12. Postscript: Democratic Governance in Latin America / José Miguel Insulza; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804772969
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804760843
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Democratic Governance in Latin America
Language:
English
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