Democracy in Developing Countries : : Latin America, 2nd ed. / / ed. by Jonathan Hartlyn, Larry Diamond, Juan J. Linz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Booth, John A.,; Bruhn, Kathleen,; Crisp, Brian F.,; Diamond, Larry,; Dutfas, John,; Espinal, Rosario,; Hartlyn, Jonathan,; Lamounier, Bolivar,; Levine, Daniel H.,; Levy, Daniel C.,; Linz, Juan J.,; McClintock, Cynthia,; Valenzuela, Arturo,; Waisman, Carlos H.,
• HerausgeberIn: Diamond, Larry,; Hartlyn, Jonathan,; Linz, Juan J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (594 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; Map of Latin America --; 1 INTRODUCTION: Politics, Society, and Democracy in Latin America --; 2 ARGENTINA: Capitalism and Democracy --; 3 BRAZIL: Inequality Against Democracy --; 4 CHILE: Origins and Consolidation of a Latin American Democracy --; 5 COLOMBIA: The Politics of Violence and Democratic Transformation --; 6 PERU: Precarious Regimes, Authoritarian and Democratic --; 7 VENEZUELA: The Character, Crisis, and Possible Future of Democracy --; 8 COSTA RICA: The Roots of Democratic Stability --; 9 THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: The Long and Difficult Struggle for Democracy --; 10 MEXICO: Sustained Civilian Rule and the Question of Democracy --; ACRONYMS --; THE CONTRIBUTORS --; INDEX --; ABOUT THE BOOK
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685851941; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685851941
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jonathan Hartlyn, Larry Diamond, Juan J. Linz.

Extensively revised since the first edition was published in 1989, this analytically balanced and empirically rich volume thoroughly examines the historical, cultural, social, economic, political, and international factors that affect both the prospects for and the nature of political democracy in Latin America. The book reflects improvements in democratic trends in some countries, but also the erosion of democratic advances in others, with substantial malaise regarding key political actors and institutions and continuing concerns about the impact on democratic consolidation of economic constraints, weak states, judicial inefficacy, and high degrees of inequality. A comprehensive introduction precedes the nine country chapters, which follow a similar format to facilitate comparisons.