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Democratic Brazil: Actors, Institutions, and Processes, edited by Peter R. Kingstone and Timothy J. Power, is reviewed.

Intro -- List of Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Population Growth, Urbanization, and the Expansion of the Electorate as a Percent of the Population in Brazil, 1940-1995 -- The Shifting Economy and Jobs: Gross National Product (GNP) and Employment (Economically Active Population [EAP] by Sector, Brazil, 1950-1990 -- Tables -- Revenues by Level of Government Before and After Revenue Sharing -- Division of the Fiscal Pie in Brazil, 1960-1995 (percent of total expenditures) -- Distribution of Self-Generated Income by Municipal Population, Brazil 1993 -- Percentages of Deputies Going to Municipal, State, or National Positions -- Number of Municipalities in Brazil Over Time -- Municipal Population in Brazil, 1993 -- Election Results for the Workers' Party (PT), 1980-1998 -- Argentine and Brazilian Exports to Mercosul, 1985-1996 (in millions of U.S. dollars) -- Selected Indicators of Social Change in Brazil, 1955, 1975, 1995 -- Foreword: A New Test for Brazilian Democracy -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Still Standing or Standing Still? The Brazilian Democratic Regime Since 1985 -- Part I: The Institutional and Policy-Making Context -- Political Institutions in Democratic Brazil: Politics as a Permanent Constitutional Convention -- The Brazilian State in the New Democracy -- Devolving Democracy? Political Decentralization and the New Brazilian Federalism -- Reinventing Local Government? Municipalities and Intergovernmental Relations in Democratic Brazil -- Part II: Critical Actors in the New Democracy -- Assessing Civil-Military Relations in Postauthoritarian Brazil -- The Making of a Loyal Opposition: The Workers' Party (PT) and the Consolidation of Democracy in Brazil -- The Catholic Church, Religious Pluralism, and Democracy in Brazil -- Democratizing Pressures from Below? Social Movements in the New Brazilian Democracy.

Introduction: Institutions, Actors, and Processes in the Transformation of Latin American Democracy / William C. Smith -- Part I: Debates on Democracy and Performance -- Liberal and Illiberal Democracy in Latin America / Peter H. Smith and Melissa R. Ziegler -- Neoliberalism and Democracy in Latin America: A Mixed Record / Kurt Weyland -- The Uneven Performance of Third Wave Democracies: Electoral Politics and the Imperfect Rule of Law in Latin America / Joe Foweraker and Roman Krznaric -- Part II: Institutions and the Travails of Competitive Politics -- The Reelection Debate in Latin America / John M. Carey -- Decentralization's Nondemocratic Roots: Authoritarianism and Subnational Reform tn Latin America / Kent Eaton -- Institutional Change and Ethnic Parties in South America / Donna Lee Van Cott -- Expanding Accountability Through Participatory Institutions: Mayors, Citizens, and Budgeting in Three Brazilian Municipalities / Brian Wampler -- "For a Few Senators More"? Negotiating Constitutional Cbanges During Chile's Transition to Democracy / Fredrik Uggla -- Judicial Reform as Insurance Policy: Mexico in the 1990s / Jodi S. Finkel -- Part III: Actors, Participation, and Mass Politics -- Indigenous Parties and Democracy in Latin America / Raul L. Madrid -- Defining Rights in Democratization: The Argentine Government and Human Rights Organizations, 1983-2003 / Michelle D. Bonner -- Sources of Mass Partisanship in Brazil / David Samuels -- Brazil's Agrarian Reform: Democratic Innovation or Oligarchic Exclusion Redux? / Anthony W. Pereira -- The Indian Movement and Political Democracy in Ecuador / Leon Zamosc -- Local Democracy and the Transformation of Popular Participation in Chile / Paul W. Posner -- Part IV Challenges of Unstructured Political Mobilization -- Indictments, Myths, and Citizen Mobilization in Argentina: A Discourse Analysis / Ariel C. Armony and Victor Armony -- Democracy Without Parties? Political Parties and Regime Change in Fujimori's Peru / Steven Levitsky and Maxwell A. Cameron -- Social Correlates of Party System Demise and Populist Resurgence in Venezuela / Kenneth M. Roberts

Summarizes the book's analyses of political change in contemporary democracies. Institutional change in the three forms of democracy -- representative democracy, direct democracy, & advocacy democracy -- has resulted in expanded citizen access & participation in the political process. The changing relationship between citizens & the state is explored through examples from articles in the text. The effects of expanded direct democracy & advocacy democracy on state structure, the governing process, & government efficacy are appraised. 1 Table, 1 Figure. L. Collins Leigh

Anhand der institutionellen Arrangements innerhalb des politischen Systems in der Republik China (Taiwan) überprüft der Autor den aktuellen Stand im Demokratisierungsprozeß des Landes und sucht nach Hinweisen auf den Grad der demokratischen Konsolidierung. Seine Betrachtungen zum Wandel von sechs zentralen Kriterien/Spielregeln in der politischen Kultur (demokratische Verfassung, Anerkennung ziviler Kontrolle über das Militär, faires und kompetitives Wahlsystem, Parteiensystem, repräsentative Legislative, Beziehungen zwischen Staat und Gesellschaft) führen ihn zu dem Schluß, daß die institutionelle Transformation hin zur Demokratie abgeschlossen ist, der Beweis für die erfolgte Konsolidierung allerdings bis zu einem Machtwechsel (Abwahl der GMD) noch aussteht. (FUB/APCh-Emn)