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Title:

Latin America's struggle for democracy / edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, and Diego Abente Brun.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xxiv, 301 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Democracy--Latin America.
Democratization--Latin America.
Latin America--Politics and government--1980-
Democratisering
Latijns-Amerika.
Démocratie--Amérique latine.
Démocratisation--Amérique latine.
Amérique latine--Politique et gouvernement--1980-

Other Authors:

Diamond, Larry Jay.
Plattner, Marc F., 1945-
Abente Brun, Diego.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Caribbean : democracy adrift? / Daniel P. Erikson. The crisis of representation in the Andes / Scott Mainwaring -- Latin America's indigenous peoples / Donna Lee Van Cott -- Populism, socialism, and democratic institutions / Hector E. Schamis -- Explaining the left's resurgence / Matthew R. Cleary -- The rise of populism and the left / Mitchell A. Seligson -- The transformation of the labor arena / Christopher Sabatini and Eric Farnsworth -- Argentina : from Kirchner to Kirchner / Steven Levitsky and María Victoria Murillo -- Politics, markets, and society in Brazil / Lourdes Sola -- Problems of success in Chile / Arturo Valenzuela and Lucía Dammert -- An unlikely comeback in Peru / Cynthia McClintock -- Colombia hews to the path of change / Eduardo Posada-Carbó -- Venezuela : Chávez and the opposition / Javier Corrales and Michael Penfold -- Ecuador : Correa's plebiscitary presidency / Catherine M. Conaghan -- Mexico's contentious election / Luis Estrada and Alejandro Poiré -- The mobilization of distrust in Mexico / Andreas Schedler -- Looking to Mexico's future / Jorge G. Castañeda and Marco A. Morales -- From turmoil to stability in Central America / Consuelo Cruz -- The Caribbean : democracy adrift? / Daniel P. Erikson.

Series:

A journal of democracy book

ISBN:

0801890594
9780801890598
0801890586
9780801890581

OCLC:

(OCoLC)228701282

LCCN:

2008021273

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)