Latin America's Struggle for Democracy

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9059-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: A Journal of Democracy Book

2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice

Almost thirty years have passed since Latin America joined democracy’s global “third wave,” and not a single government has reverted to what was once the most common form of authoritarianism: military rule. Behind this laudable record, however, lurk problems that are numerous and deep, ranging from an ominous resurgence of antidemocratic and economically irresponsible populism to the fragility and unreliability of key democratic institutions.

A new addition to the Journal of Democracy series, this volume ponders both the successes and the difficulties that color Latin American politics today. The book brings together recent articles from the journal and adds new and updated material. In these essays, a distinguished roster of contributors thoughtfully examines democratic problems and prospects from the Rio Grande to Tierra del Fuego.

The first section assesses regionwide trends, including the forces behind the much-discussed political “turn to the left,” the travails of the presidential form of government, the challenges of integrating newly mobilized indigenous populations into politics, the need for major reform in labor markets, and the implications of rising populism for democratic institutions and governance. The second section features important case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The final section surveys Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Contributors: Jorge G. Castañeda, Matthew R. Cleary, Catherine M. Conaghan, Javier Corrales, Consuelo Cruz, Lucía Dammert, Daniel P. Erikson, Luis Estrada, Eric Farnsworth, Steven Levitsky, Scott Mainwaring, Cynthia McClintock, Marco A. Morales, María Victoria Murillo, Michael Penfold, Alejandro Poiré, Eduardo Posada-Carbó, Christopher Sabatini, Hector E. Schamis, Andreas Schedler, Mitchell A. Seligson, Lourdes Sola, Arturo Valenzuela, Donna Lee Van Cott

Autoren/Hrsg.

Diamond, Larry

Plattner, Marc F

Abente Brun, Diego

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Trends in the Region
Chapter 1. Latin American Presidencies Interrupted
Chapter 2. The Crisis of Representation in the Andes
Chapter 3. Latin America's Indigenous Peoples
Chapter 4. Populism, Socialism, and Democratic Institutions
Chapter 5. Explaining the Left's Resurgence
Chapter 6. The Rise of Populism and the Left
Chapter 7. The Transformation of the Labor Arena
Part II: Case Studies: South America
Chapter 8. Argentina: From Kirchner to Kirchner
Chapter 9. Politics, Markets, and Society in Brazil
Chapter 10. Problems of Success in Chile
Chapter 11. An Unlikely Comeback in Peru
Chapter 12. Colombia Hews to the Path of Change
Chapter 13. Venezuela: Chávez and the Opposition
Chapter 14. Ecuador: Correa's Plebiscitary Presidency
Part III: Case Studies: Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean
Chapter 15. Mexico's Contentious Election
Chapter 16. The Mobilization of Distrust in Mexico
Chapter 17. Looking to Mexico's Future
Chapter 18. From Turmoil to Stability in Central America
Chapter 19. The Caribbean: Democracy Adrift?
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Abente Brun, Diego
Diego Abente Brun is a senior associate researcher at Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Economía Paraguaya and a senior researcher at CONACYT-Paraguay. He is author or coeditor of several books, including Latin America’s Struggle for Democracy, also published by Johns Hopkins, which he coedited with Larry Diamond.

Plattner, Marc F
Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. Plattner and Diamond are coeditors of the Journal of Democracy.

Diamond, Larry
Larry Diamond is coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, codirector of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution of War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. They serve as codirectors of the International Forum for Democratic Studies and coeditors of the Journal of Democracy. Diego Abente Brun is deputy director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy.