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The crisis of 2001 & 2002 & the recovery from the crisis are an excellent example of the cyclical nature of Argentine politics & economics. The analysis of the evolution of the crisis is important in order to compare it with the key issues of regional development in Latin America in the 1980s, namely the "double transition" from authoritarianism to democracy & from state interventionism to market economy. Graphs, References. Adapted from the source document.

De Luca, M. (2002). Scott Mainwaring y Matthew Soberg Shugart. Presidencialismo y democracia en América Latina. Paidós, Buenos Aires, 2002, 316 páginas. Revista de Ciencias Sociales 13, 289-296.

How political parties select their candidates for public office profoundly affects the types of people who are elected as well as how these people behave in office. This selection process also provides important insights on how parties function internally and on where political power is located within a country. Only a few comparative studies of nomination procedures exist, and none explain why some parties at some points in time select candidates via direct primaries and others do not. The authors analyze an original data set of 610 district-level nomination processes for the biennial Argentine Chamber of Deputies elections held between 1983 and 2001. They conclude that several specific institutional and partisan features have a prominent effect on the probability that a political party will choose its candidates at the ballot box (direct primary) rather than in a smoke-filled back room (elite arrangement).

How political parties select their candidates for public office profoundly affects the types of people who are elected as well as how these people behave in office. This selection process also provides important insights on how parties function internally & on where political power is located within a country. Only a few comparative studies of nomination procedures exist, & none explain why some parties at some points in time select candidates via direct primaries & others do not. The authors analyze an original data set of 6l0 district-level nomination processes for the biennial Argentine Chamber of Deputies elections held between 1983 & 2001. They conclude that several specific institutional & partisan features have a prominent effect on the probability that a political party will choose its candidates at the ballot box (direct primary) rather than in a smoke-filled back room (elite arrangement). 3 Tables, 1 Appendix, 38 References. [Copyright 2002 Sage Publications, Inc.]

As Latin America's new democratic regimes have decentralized, the region's capital cities--and their elected mayors--have gained increasing importance. Capital City Politics in Latin America tells the story of these cities: how they are changing operationally, how the the empowerment of mayors and other municipal institutions is exacerbating political tensions between local executives and regional and national entities, and how the cities' growing significance affects traditional political patterns throughout society. The authors weave a tapestry that illustrates the impact of local, national, and transnational power relations on the strategies available to Latin America's capital city mayors as they seek to transform their greater influence into desired actions