Democracy in Latin America
Political Change in Comparative Perspective
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195387735ISBN10: 0195387732
Paperback, 400 pages
Sep 2011,
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Organized thematically--with a unique historical perspective--Democracy in Latin America provides a widespread view of political transformation throughout the entire region
Table of Contents
Introduction: Dimensions of Democracy
A Tale of Two Presidents
Definitions of Democracy
Overview: Focus and Themes
PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES, 1900-2000
1. Cycles of Electoral Democracy
Legacies of Independence
Cycles and Trends
Global and Comparative Perspectives
Lessons over Time: Prior Experience
2. Transitions and Continuities
Starting Points
Economic Requisites?
Social Forces
End Games and Elite Bargains
Patterns of Change in Perspective
3. The Military: Heading for the Exits?
Forging Fatherlands
Patterns of Participation
Wars Against Subversion
The Democrats' Dilemma: To Amnesty or Not?
Modes of Interaction: The Armed Forces and Democracy
Has the Military Left?
4. Global Contexts, International Forces
Imperialism and Democracy
The Anticommunist Crusades
Economic Issues: Debt and Structural Reform
Drugs, Dictators, and U.S. Policy
International Organizations
PART II: THE ELECTORAL ARENA
5. Presidents or Parliaments?
The Terms of Debate
Envisioning Alternatives
Attempts at Reform
Why Not?
6. Institutional Variations
Executive Power
The Legislative Branch
Parties and Party Systems
7. Elections: Voters, Winners, and Losers
Expanding the Electorate
Participation
Competitiveness
The Range of Choice
A Resurgence of the Left
Dilemmas of Democracy: Representation vs. Governance
PART III: QUALITIES OF DEMOCRACY
8. State Capacity and Policy Performance
The Latin American State: Roles and Capacities
Democracy vs. Dictatorship: General Hypotheses
The Politics of Economic Growth
Social Impacts: Health and Education
The Problem of Poverty
Inequality and Income Distribution
9. The Politics of Social Equity
Losing Ground: The Working Class
Women: Moving Up
Gathering Strength: Indigenous Peoples
10. Freedoms, Rights, and Illiberal Democracy
Gradations of Democracy
Freedom of the Press
The Uneven Rule of Law
The Changing Content of Electoral Democracy
Pathways to Full Democracy
11. The People's Verdict
The Concept of Political Culture
Democracy in Principle
Democracy in Practice
Political Ideology
Trust in Institutions
Roots of Disenchantment
Activism and Protest
PART IV: DEMOCRACY CONSIDERED
12. The Dialectic of Democracy
Findings in Review
Changing Shapes of Democracy
Democracy in the Era of Mass Politics
Epilogue: The Future of Democracy
The International Environment
Political Developments
The Question of Consolidation
Alternative Scenarios
Appendix 1. Classification of Electoral Regimes, 1900-2000
Appendix 2. Military Coups in Latin America, 1900-2000
