Audacious reforms : institutional invention and democracy in Latin America /

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Audacious Reforms examines the creation of new political institutions in three Latin American countries: direct elections for governors and mayors in Venezuela, radical municipalization in Bolivia, and direct election of the mayor of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Diverging from the usual incremental pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grindle, Merilee Serrill
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Local elections > Latin America > Case studies.
Decentralization in government > Latin America > Case studies.
Central-local government relations > Latin America > Case studies.
Democracy > Latin America > Case studies.
Political participation > Latin America > Case studies.
Élections locales > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
Décentralisation administrative > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
Démocratie locale > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
Participation politique > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Central-local government relations
Decentralization in government
Democracy
Local elections
Political participation
Decentralisatie.
Lokaal bestuur.
Democratie.
Latin America
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Audacious reforms : democratizing Latin America
  • 2. Explaining the unexpected
  • 3. Institutional invention in Venezuela : legitimizing the system
  • 4. New rules of the game : consequences of change in Venezuela
  • 5. Political engineering in Bolivia : the law for popular participation
  • 6. A new conundrum : national-local politics in Bolivia
  • 7. Pacting institutional change in Argentina
  • 8. Waiting for Godot? constitutional change in Argentine practice
  • 9. Democratizing reforms : origins and consequences.

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