Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Latin American politics in the era of market reform / Carol Wise. Part One. Postreform politics: voting, mobility, and citizenship. Elections and economics in contemporary Latin America / Karen L. Remmer. Hardship and happiness: social mobility and public perceptions during market reforms / Carol Graham and Stefano Pettinato. The new Latin American citizen: first world models, third wave products / Consuelo Cruz. Part Two. Competitive elections and postreform coalition building: Argentina and Chile. Prelude to disaster: weak reform, competitive politics in Argentina / Juan E. Corradi. Taking the Concertación to task: second stage reforms and the 1999 presidential elections in Chile / Delia M. Boylan. Part Three. Politics in transition: Mexico and Brazil. Mexico's democratic transition: the search for new reform coalitions / Carol Wise. Brazil's protracted transition to democracy and the market / Riordan Roett. Part Four. Party collapse amid market restructuring: Peru and Venezuela. The political constraints on market reform in Peru / Martín Tanaka. Party system collapse amid market restructuring in Venezuela / Kenneth M. Roberts.