The Paradox Of Democratic Latin America
DOWNLOAD
Download The Paradox Of Democratic Latin America PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Paradox Of Democratic Latin America book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
The Paradox Of Democracy In Latin America
DOWNLOAD
Author : Katherine Isbester
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2011-01-01
The Paradox Of Democracy In Latin America written by Katherine Isbester and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Political Science categories.
What becomes clear throughout is that there is a paradox at the heart of Latin America's democracies. Despite decades of struggle to replace authoritarian dictatorships with electoral democracies, solid economic growth (leading up to the global credit crisis), and increased efforts by the state to extend the benefits of peace and prosperity to the poor, democracy - as a political system - is experiencing declining support, and support for authoritarianism is on the rise.
The Paradox Of Democratic Latin America
DOWNLOAD
Author : Maggie Mayer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Paradox Of Democratic Latin America written by Maggie Mayer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Democracy categories.
The Legitimacy Puzzle In Latin America
DOWNLOAD
Author : John A. Booth
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-02
The Legitimacy Puzzle In Latin America written by John A. Booth and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-02 with Political Science categories.
Political scientists have worried about declining levels of citizens' support for their regimes (legitimacy), but have failed to empirically link this decline to the survival or breakdown of democracy. This apparent paradox is the 'legitimacy puzzle', which this book addresses by examining political legitimacy's structure, sources, and effects. With exhaustive empirical analysis of high-quality survey data from eight Latin American nations, it confirms that legitimacy exists as multiple, distinct dimensions. It finds that one's position in society, education, knowledge, information, and experiences shape legitimacy norms. Contrary to expectations, however, citizens who are unhappy with their government's performance do not drop out of politics or resort mainly to destabilizing protest. Rather, the disaffected citizens of these Latin American democracies participate at high rates in conventional politics and in such alternative arenas as communal improvement and civil society. And despite regime performance problems, citizen support for democracy remains high.
What Kind Of Democracy What Kind Of Market
DOWNLOAD
Author : Philip D. Oxhorn
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 1998-12-03
What Kind Of Democracy What Kind Of Market written by Philip D. Oxhorn and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-12-03 with History categories.
While there is much literature analyzing the politics of implementing economic reforms, very little has been written on the social and political consequences of such reforms after they have been implemented. The basic premise of this book is that the convergence of many social, economic, and political ills (such as high levels of poverty, income inequality, criminal violence, and the growth of the informal sector) in the context of unprecedented levels of political democratization in Latin America presents a paradox that needs to be explained. What Kind of Democracy? demonstrates how the myriad social problems throughout the region are intimately linked both to a new economic development model and the weaknesses of Latin American democracy. This volume brings together prominent scholars from Canada, the United States, and Latin America, representing several different disciplines to analyze ongoing processes of economic, social, and political change in the region. The contributors are Werner Baer, Manuel Barrera, Juan Alberto Fuentes, Yoshiaki Nakano, Claudio Paiva, Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira, Jean-François Prud'homme, Jorge Schvarzer, Francisco Weffort, and Francisco Zapata.
The Paradoxes Of Democracy
DOWNLOAD
Author : Guy Hermet
language : en
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Release Date : 1988
The Paradoxes Of Democracy written by Guy Hermet and has been published by Gyan Publishing House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Democracy categories.
A paradox is an assimilation of two apposite features of a thing-tree-and hence failing to understand looks queer, but not-welcome. The positive must overcome spreading by leaps and bound, for sale affirmative existence. Likewise the paradoxes of the democracies are the features with one negative aspect, which must be overcome for a more symmetrical democracy.
Labor And The Course Of American Democracy
DOWNLOAD
Author : Charles W. Bergquist
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Labor And The Course Of American Democracy written by Charles W. Bergquist and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.
The American hemisphere is now more tightly interconnected than ever before, with the trend toward greater economic, social and cultural integration apparently certain to continue. In this landmark text, Charles Bergquist offers a fresh interpretation of the historical background to this integration from the unusual perspective of labor. Focusing on slices of US history, and built around critiques of a handful of classic and influential texts, his five essays form not a conventional narrative history but rather a study in the construction of historical meaning, and an invitation to make use of history in the forging of a new, more democratic understanding of politics in the Americas. The book opens with an illustration of how the different labor systems of colonial America best explain the great disparity in development and power between the US and Latin America today. It goes on to link the origins of US imperialism to labor's democratic studies at home, and to explore labor's role in the Latin American social revolutions, before presenting an analysis of popular culture in the Americas in which Donald Duck is revealed as the representative of all workers. Will Donald rewrite the history books and, in our post-Cold War era, realize his democratic potential? Or will he bungle the job and succumb to the postmodern confusions of the capitalists' "New World Order?"
Technocracy And Democracy In Latin America
DOWNLOAD
Author : Eduardo Dargent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-11
Technocracy And Democracy In Latin America written by Eduardo Dargent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11 with Democracy categories.
Praised by some as islands of efficiency in a sea of unprofessional, politicized, and corrupt states, and criticized by others for removing wide areas of policy making from the democratic arena, technocrats have become prominent and controversial actors in Latin American politics. Nonelected state officials with advanced educations from top universities, technocrats achieve considerable autonomy from political and economic actors and exerted great influence over their countries' fates. This finding poses an intriguing paradox. These experts lack an independent base of authority, such as popular election. They also lack the tenure enjoyed by professional bureaucrats. What, then, explains the power of technocrats in democratic Latin America? And why do they enjoy and maintain greater policy influence in some areas than in others? Through an in-depth analysis of economic and health policy in Colombia from 1958 to 2011 and in Peru from 1980 to 2011, Technocracy and Democracy in Latin America answers these and other questions about experts in Latin America.
Democracy S Paradox
DOWNLOAD
Author : Bruce Kapferer
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2019-04-02
Democracy S Paradox written by Bruce Kapferer and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with Social Science categories.
Does populism indicate a radical crisis in Western democratic political systems? Is it a revolt by those who feel they have too little voice in the affairs of state or are otherwise marginalized or oppressed? Or are populist movements part of the democratic process? Bringing together different anthropological experiences of current populist movements, this volume makes a timely contribution to these questions. Contrary to more conventional interpretations of populism as crisis, the authors instead recognize populism as integral to Western democratic systems. In doing so, the volume provides an important critique that exposes the exclusionary essentialisms spread by populist rhetoric while also directing attention to local views of political accountability and historical consciousness that are key to understanding this paradox of democracy.
Constructing Democratic Governance In Latin America
DOWNLOAD
Author : Jorge I. Domínguez
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2013-07-31
Constructing Democratic Governance In Latin America written by Jorge I. Domínguez and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-31 with History categories.
After more than a century of assorted dictatorships and innumerable fiscal crises, the majority of Latin America's states are governed today by constitutional democratic regimes. Some analysts and scholars argue that Latin America weathered the 2008 fiscal crisis much better than the United States. How did this happen? Jorge I. Domínguez and Michael Shifter asked area specialists to examine the electoral and governance factors that shed light on this transformation and the region's prospects. They gather their findings in the fourth edition of Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America. This new edition is completely updated. Part I is thematic, covering issues of media, constitutionalism, the commodities boom, and fiscal management vis-à-vis governance. Part II focuses on eight important countries in the region—Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Already widely used in courses, Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America will continue to interest students of Latin American politics, democratization studies, and comparative politics as well as policymakers.
Wealth Health And Democracy In East Asia And Latin America
DOWNLOAD
Author : James W. McGuire
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-15
Wealth Health And Democracy In East Asia And Latin America written by James W. McGuire and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-15 with Political Science categories.
Why do some societies fare well, and others poorly, at reducing the risk of early death? Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America finds that the public provision of basic health care and other inexpensive social services has reduced mortality rapidly even in tough economic circumstances, and that political democracy has contributed to the provision and utilization of such social services, in a wider range of ways than is sometimes recognized. These conclusions are based on case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, as well as on cross-national comparisons involving these cases and others.