Democracy in Latin America : between hope and despair /

This book explores both the possibilities and difficulties of establishing a stable democracy in Latin America. The author argues that, throughout the twentieth century, Latin American history has been marked by the search for responses or alternatives to the crisis of oligarchic rule and the strugg...

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Main Author: Walker, Ignacio
Other Authors: Krause, Krystin, Bird, Holly, Mainwaring, Scott, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013]
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Search for Alternatives to Oligarchic Rule
  • Toward a New Model of Development
  • Democratic Breakdown, Transition, and Consolidation
  • Toward a New Strategy of Development
  • Democracy, Governability, and Neopopulism
  • Presidentialism and Parliamentarism
  • The New Social Question
  • Democracy of Institutions.