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Democracy and its Discontents in Latin America.
Why is there so much discontent with democracy across Latin America? Are regimes being judged by unrealistic standards of success--or is there legitimate cause for criticism in light of widespread failures to deliver either transparency or effective public policies? Addressing these questions across...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, CO :
Lynne Rienner Publishers,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Title Page ; Copyright page ; Contents; Tables and Figures; Tables; Table 3.1 Mean Tax Revenue Across Latin America, 1990−2010; Table 3.2 Public Support for the Evasion of Taxes; Table 3.3 Policy Effectiveness; Table 3.4 The Rule of Law; Table 4.1 Regional Inequality in Latin American Countries, 2000−2010; Table 4.2 Regional Inequality in Global Perspective, 2000−2010; Table 4.3 Effect of Inequality on Government Spending (percentage of GDP); Table 4.4 Interactive Effect of Inequality and Electoral Institutionson Government Spending (percentage of GDP)
- Table 6.1 Democratization, Marketization, and Left Presidents in Latin AmericaTable 6.2 Electoral Democracy in Post-Transition Latin America; Table 6.3a Ideology and Models of Democracy in Post-Transition Latin America: The Right and Center-Right; Table 6.3b Ideology and Models of Democracy in Post-Transition Latin America: The Left and Center-Left; Table 7.1 A Comparison of Constitutional Innovations; Table 7.2 A Five-Actor Model of Latin America's Political Economy, 1980s to 2010s; Table 8.1 Main International Human Rights Treaties.
- Table 8.2 Participation in the Inter-American Human Rights SystemTable 8.3 Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America Mean Scores, 1981−2012; Table 8.4 Index of Social and Economic Empowerment Rights Fulfillment(SERF Index) Mean Scores and Change, 2000−2010; Table 8.5 Correlation Matrix for Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America,1981−2010; Table 9.1 First-Generation Quotas in Latin America; Table 9.2 Reforms Creating Second-Generation Quota Laws in Latin America; Table 9.3 Late Adopters in the Second Generation; Table 9.4 Proportion of Women in Latin American Legislatures
- Table 9.5 The Legal Architecture of Gender Equality in Latin AmericaTable 13.1 Mexican Attitudes Toward Drug-Trafficking Organizations; Table 13.2 Institutions or Groups That Have the Most Influence in Mexico(percentage of responses; Table 13.3 Support for Democracy in Mexico, 1995−2013; Table 13.4 Mexican Views on Public Policy Issues; Table 13.5 Governance Indicators for Mexico (percentage; Table 14.1 Average Levels of Trust in Mexico's Armed Forces by State; Table 14.2 Physical Integrity Human Rights Violations Involving Army or Navy,per State, 1990−2010
- Table 14.3 Means and Standard Deviations of Variables in the AnalysisTable 14.4 Trust in the Mexican Armed Forces, 2004; Table 14.5 Trust in the Mexican Armed Forces, 2010; Figures; Figure 4.1 Calculation of Regional Inequality Measure; Figure 4.2 Marginal Effect of Regional Inequality by Personal Vote Rank,Latin America; Figure 4.3 Marginal Effect of Interpersonal Inequality by Personal Vote Rank,Latin America; Figure 7.1 Incidence of Poverty, 2005 vs. 2012 (percentage of population); Figure 7.2 Index of Economic Freedom, Leftist Administrations, 1999−2015