Democracy in Latin America : political change in comparative perspective / Peter H. Smith.
Smith, Peter H.
2012
JL966 .S6 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Democracy in Latin America : political change in comparative perspective / Peter H. Smith.
Author
Smith, Peter H.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780195387735 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195387732 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 377 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Item Number
40019886951
Call Number
JL966 .S6 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.98
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-360) and index.
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Part 1. Historical perspectives 1900-2000
Cycles of electoral democracy
Transitions and continuities
The military : heading for the exits?
Global contexts, international forces
Part 2. The electoral arena
Presidents or parliaments
Institutional variations
Elections : voters, winners, and losers
Part 3. Qualities of democracy
State capacity and policy performance
The politics of social equity
Freedoms, rights, and illiberal democracy
The people's verdict
Part 4. Democracy considered
The dialectic of democracy
Epilogue : the future of democracy.

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