Democratic consolidation in the Third World: Many questions, any answers?
In: Contemporary politics, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 123-141
ISSN: 1469-3631
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In: Contemporary politics, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 123-141
ISSN: 1469-3631
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 129-162
ISSN: 1469-7777
In: Millennium: journal of international studies, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 900-901
ISSN: 0305-8298
In: Contemporary politics, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 289-296
ISSN: 1356-9775
A review essay on books by (1) Julia Buxton & Nicola Phillips, (Eds) Developments in Latin American Political Economy. States, Markets and Actors (Manchester U Press, Manchester, 1999); (2) Geraldine Lievesley, Democracy in Latin America. Mobilization, Power and the Search for a New Politics (Manchester U Press, Manchester, 1999); & (3) Jorge I. Dominguez & Alejandro Poire, (Eds) Toward Mexico's Democratization. Parties, Campaigns, Elections, and Public Opinion (Routledge, New York & London, 1999). While flagrantly authoritarian rule has abated in Latin America, it has often been replaced by semidemocratic regimes in which the national leader relies on authoritarian tactics & democratic institutions are bypassed or downgraded. In these regimes, there has been movement away from fully participatory democracy, equality, & state accountability, accompanied by the erosion of judicial & civil rights. The result has been a vicious cycle of inegalitarian policies, growing poverty, & social problems. Local class structures are strongly linked to Latin America's subordinate integration into the world economy. This means that it will be difficult to achieve anything more than nominally procedural democracies. Attempts to create more participatory forms of democracy, via working-class or peasant-led revolution, have failed thus far. Three key, interlinked aspects are important in understanding the limitations of Latin America's democratization: (A) the marketization & privatization of previously statist economies; (B) the institutional question of the role of the national leader; & (C) the degree of social polarization. A. Funderburg
In: Democratization, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 238
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In: Commonwealth & comparative politics, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 209
In: Democratization, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 251-252
ISSN: 1351-0347
In: Democratization, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 247-248
ISSN: 1351-0347
In: Political studies, Band 48, Heft 4, S. 905
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In: Contemporary politics, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 289-296
ISSN: 1356-9775
In: Democratization, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 251-253
ISSN: 1351-0347
In: Contemporary politics, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 289-296
ISSN: 1356-9775
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 507-580
ISSN: 1469-7777
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 347-371
ISSN: 1469-7777
In: Environmental politics, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 222-242
ISSN: 1743-8934