The Quality of Democracy in Latin America / / ed. by José E. Molina, Daniel H. Levine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Almao, Valia Pereira,; Baralt, Carmen Pérez,; Holzner, Claudio A.,; Jones, Mark P.,; Levine, Daniel H.,; Mendoza-Botelho, Martín,; Micozzi, Juan Pablo,; Molina, José E.,; Montero, Alfred P.,; Moreno, Erika,; Puig, Salvador Martí i,; Rodríguez, Leticia M. Ruiz,
• HerausgeberIn: Levine, Daniel H.,; Molina, José E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Evaluating the Quality of Democracy in Latin America --; 2 Measuring the Quality of Democracy --; 3 Chile: A Model Case? --; 4 Argentina: Resilience in the Face of Challenges --; 5 Mexico: Weak State, Weak Democracy --; 6 Brazil: The Persistence of Oligarchy --; 7 Bolivia: The Growth of Grassroots Participation --; 8 Nicaragua: Chapiolla Democracy --; 9 Colombia: The Effects of Violence --; 10 Venezuela: The Impact of Recent Electoral Processes --; 11 The Quality of Democracy: Strengths and Weaknesses in Latin America --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685857790; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685857790
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by José E. Molina, Daniel H. Levine.

In considering the nature and future prospects of the current wave of democracies in Latin America, analysis has shifted from a concern with regime change, transitions, and consolidation to a focus on the quality of these democracies. To what extent, for example, do citizens participate and influence decisionmaking? Are elections free and fair? Are there ways of ensuring government accountability? Do unelected power brokers exert undue influence? Furthering this new approach, the authors of The Quality of Democracy in Latin America provide a rich, nuanced analysis—centered on a multidimensional theoretical foundation—of democratic systems in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.