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The crisis of democratic representation in the Andes /

This volume analyses and explains the crisis of democratic representation in five Andean countries: Bolivia, Colombia Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It addresses an important question for Latin America as well as other parts of the world: why does representation sometimes fail to work?

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Mainwaring, Scott, 1954-, Bejarano, Ana María, Pizarro Leongómez, Eduardo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The crisis of democratic representation in the Andes : an overview / Scott Mainwaring, Ana María Bejarano, and Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez
  • From crisis to collapse of the party systems and dilemmas of democratic representation : Peru and Venezuela / Martín Tanaka
  • Giants with feet of clay : political parties in Colombia / Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez
  • Ecuador : the provincialization of representation / Simón Pachano
  • Outsiders and neopopulism : the road to plebiscitary democracy / Rene Antonio Mayorga
  • Decentralized politics and political outcomes in the Andes / Kathleen O'Neill
  • The nature of representation in Andean legislatures and attempts at institutional reengineering / Brian F. Crisp
  • Urban citizen movements and disempowerment in Peru and Venezuela / Daniel H. Levine, Catalina Romero
  • Indigenous politics in the Andes : changing patterns of recognition, reform, and representation / Deborah J. Yashar
  • State deficiencies, party competition, and confidence in democratic representation in the Andes / Scott Mainwaring.