Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-439) and index.
Synopsis
Since the first edition of the acclaimed Constructing Democratic Governance was published in 1996, the democracies of Latin America and the Caribbean have undergone significant change. This new, one-volume edition, edited by Jorge I. DomA-nguez and Michael Shifter, offers a concise update to current scholarship in this important area of international studies.
The book is divided into two parts: Themes and Issues, and Country Studies. Countries not covered by individual studies are discussed in the introduction, conclusion, and thematic chapters. In the introduction, Michael Shifter provides an overview of new developments in Latin America and the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on civil society and problems of governance. The conclusion, by Jorge I. DomA-nguez, ties together the themes of the various chapters and discusses the role of parties and electoral politics.
Contributors: Felipe AgA1/4ero, University of Miami; John M. Carey, Washington University in St. Louis; Fernando Cepeda Ulloa, Universidad de los Andes; Michael Coppedge; University of Notre Dame; Javier Corrales, Amherst College; Carlos IvAn Degregori, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos; Rut Diamint, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Denise Dresser, University of Southern California; Mala N. Htun, New School University; Marta Lagos, LatinobarA3metro; BolA-var Lamounier, Augurium: AnAlise; Steven Levitsky, Harvard University; M. Victoria Murillo, Yale University
Table of Contents
Tempering expectations of democracy / by Michael Shifter -- Presidentialism and representative institutions / by John M. Carey -- The military / by Rut Diamint -- Market reforms / by Javier Corrales -- Latin American labor / by M. Victoria Murillo -- Women and democracy / by Mala N. Htun -- Public opinion by / Marta Lagos -- Venezuela : popular sovereignty vs. liberal democracy / by Michael Coppedge -- Colombia : the governability crisis / by Fernando Cepeda Ulloa -- Peru : the vanishing of a regime and the challenge of democratic rebuilding / by Carlos Ivâan Degregori -- Argentina : from crisis to consolidation (and back) / by Steven Levitsky -- Brazil : an assessment of the Cardoso administration / by Bolâivar Lamounier -- Chile : unfinished transition and increased political competition / by Felipe Aguèero -- Mexico : from PRI predominance to divided democracy / by Denise Dresser -- Constructing democratic governance in Latin America : taking stock of the 1990s / by Jorge I. Dominguez.