Research Catalog

Title

Challenges to democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean : evidence from the AmericasBarometer 2006-2007 / Mitchell A. Seligson, editor.

Publication

Nashville, Tenn.^^: LAPOP, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Seligson, Mitchell A., 1945-
• Center for the Americas at Vanderbilt.
• Latin American Public Opinion Project.
• United States. Agency for International Development

Description

xxiv, 299 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Series Statement

Americas barometer = Barómetro de las Américas / by LAPOP

Uniform Title

Americas barometer.

Alternative Title

Americas Barometer = Barómetro de las Américas

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Political culture > Latin America
• Democracy > Latin America
• Democracia > América latina;caribe
• Política e governo > América latina;caribe
• Latin America > Politics and government > 21st century
• Caribbean Area > Politics and government > 21st century

Note

• "March, 2008".
• On cover: www.AmericasBarometer.org ; comparative study.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The rise of populism and the left : challenge to democratic consolidation? / Mitchell A. Seligson -- Illiberal democracy and normative democracy : how is democracy defined in the Americas? / Julio F. Carrión -- "Throw them all out?" : attitudes toward political parties in the Americas / María Fernández Boidi -- Economic performance and support for the system : economic challenges for Latin American democracies / Vivian Schwarz-Blum -- Decentralize or centralize? : challenges for reform of the state and democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean / Daniel Montalvo -- Is the vote for the left a risk or opportunity for democracy in Latin America? / Rosario Queirolo -- Social trust, economic inequality, and democracy in the Americas / Abby B. Córdova Guillén -- National identity and ethnic minorities in the Americas / Daniel Moreno -- Challenges of tolerance in the Americas / Diana Orcés -- The impact of violent crime on the political culture of Latin America : the special case of Central America / José Miguel Cruz -- Corruption and its impact on Latin American democratic stability / Dominique Zéphyr -- Justice and democracy : the rule of law in the Americas / Juan Carlos Donoso.

ISBN

• 0979217873
• 9780979217876

OCLC

• 244577197
• SCSB-11705547

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library