Democracy in Latin America
About this book
Between 1978 and 2006, most Latin American countries joined the "third wave of democracy". However, as elected governments were set in place all over the region, authoritarian actors often managed to overshadow democratic procedures and preserve their authoritarian enclaves, hindering the transformation of the state and the advancement of citizens’ fundamental rights.
This book analyzes the extent to which democratic and authoritarian forces are intertwined in political processes and institutional design and how they affect the inclusion of the citizenry in political decisions. This enables readers to understand how autocratization influences the different dimensions of representative democracy.
- Sheds light on the closure of Latin-American politics to democratic trends
- Offers an analysis of representative democracy in 16 Latin-American Countries
- Analyzes how democratic and authoritarian forces struggle to capture representative democracy
Author / Editor information
Francisco Valdés-Ugalde, Institute for Social Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of figures
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 Democratic transitions and the institutionalization of representative democracy. An overview
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Chapter 2 The performance of the state. Inequality and exclusion
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Chapter 3 What is representative democracy and how do we measure it?
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Chapter 4 The facets of representative democracy in Latin America
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Chapter 5 It’s the state, stupid. Institutional obstacles to representative democracy. The rules of the game
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Chapter 6 What’s next for democracy in Latin America?
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