Research Catalog

Title

Democracy in Latin America : political change in comparative perspective / Peter H. Smith, University of California, San Diego with Cameron J. Sells, University of California, San Diego.

Author

Smith, Peter H.

Publication

• New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

Sells, Cameron J.,

Description

xxxii, 383 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Democracy
• Democracy > Latin America
• Democratization
• Democratization > Latin America
• Demokratisierung
• Lateinamerika
• Latin America
• Latin America > Politics and government > 1980-
• Politics and government
• Since 1980

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Historical Perspectives, 1900 -- 2000 -- 1. Cycles of Electoral Democracy -- Legacies of Independence -- Cycles and Trends -- Global and Comparative Perspectives -- Democratic Dominoes? -- Subregional Variations and The Colossus of the North -- Lessons Over Time: Earlier Experience -- Democracy and Instability -- 2. Transitions and Continuities -- Starting Points -- Economic Requisites? -- Social Forces -- Cycle 1 1900 -- 1939 -- Cycle 2 1940 -- 1977 -- Cycle 3 1978 -- 2000 -- End Games and Elite Bargains -- The Bargaining Process -- Getting to Cases -- Patterns of Change in Perspective -- 3. The Military: Heading for the Exits? -- Forging Fatherlands -- Patterns of Participation -- Missions and Regimes -- Wars Against Subversion -- The Democrats' Dilemma: To Amnesty or Not? -- Precedents from Argentina -- Chilean Twists -- Justice Undone in Guatemala -- Modes of Interaction: The Armed Forces and Democracy -- Has The Military Left? -- 4. Global Contexts, International Forces -- Imperialism and Democracy -- The Anticommunist Crusades -- Stemming the Tides of Revolution -- Displacing Inconvenient Democracies -- Economic Crisis -- Optimism and Uncertainty: The 1990s -- U.S. Policies -- International Organizations -- pt. II The Electoral Arena -- 5. Presidents or Parliaments? -- The Terms of Debate -- Envisioning Alternatives -- Pro-Parliamentary Arguments -- Counterarguments -- Semipresidentialism/Semiparliamentarism? -- Attempts at Reform -- Brazil: Voice of the Voters -- Argentina: Calculating Political Odds -- Chile: A Pact for Presidentialism -- Why Not? -- 6. Institutional Designs -- Executive Power -- Means of Election -- To Reelect or Not? -- Sources of Power -- The Legislative Branch -- Electoral Systems and Rules of Representation -- Reelection and Term Limits -- Institutional Performance -- Toppling Presidents? -- Parties and Party Systems -- A Measure of Party Systems -- Party -- Voter Linkages -- Subnational Governments -- Local-Level Democracy -- Federalism and National Legislatures -- 7. Elections: Voters, Winners, Losers -- Expanding the Electorate -- Participation -- Competitiveness -- The Range of Choice -- Legacies of Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism -- Effects of Military Populism -- A Resurgence of the Left -- Dilemmas of Democracy: Representation Versus Governance -- pt. III Qualities of Democracy -- 8. State Capacity and Policy Performance -- The Latin American State: Roles and Capacities -- Democracy Versus 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 -- Signs of Hard Times -- Zero -- Sum Politics -- Women: Moving Up -- Patterns of Participation -- Political Representation -- Positions and Policies -- Gathering Strength: Indigenous Peoples -- Bolivia: Party Politics -- Ecuador: Strength in Social Movements -- Guatemala: Civil War and Genocide -- 10. Illiberal Democracy -- Gradations of Democracy -- Freedom of the Press -- Antidefamation Laws and Policies -- Analytical Overview -- The Uneven Rule of Law -- The Roles of Courts -- The Changing Content of Electoral Democracy -- Pathways to Full Democracy -- 11. The People's Verdict -- The Concept of Political Culture -- Democracy in Principle -- The Relevance of Social Class -- The Meaning of Democracy -- Democracy in Practice -- Case Study: Insights from Argentina -- Political Ideology -- Trust in Institutions -- Roots of Disenchantment -- Activism and Protest -- pt. IV Democracy Considered -- 12. The Dialectic of Democracy -- Findings in Review -- Changing Shapes of Democracy -- Democracy in the Era of Mass Politics -- 1940 -- 1977: Dangers of Democracy -- 1978 -- Present: Democracy Made Safe -- 1998 -- Present: Democracy Turns Left -- The Resilience of Electoral Democracy -- Demise of the New Left? -- Epilogue: The Future of Democracy -- The International Environment -- Economic Dimensions -- The Crash of 2007 -- 2009 -- Political Developments -- Democratic Tendencies -- The Question of Consolidation -- Deepening Democracy? -- Survival, Institutionalization, and Legitimation -- Alternative Scenarios -- Standing Fast -- Backsliding -- Moving Ahead.

ISBN

• 9780190611347
• 0190611340

LCCN

^^2016014883

OCLC

946254913

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library