Democratic governance in Latin America
edited by Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully.
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Stanford, Calif. : : Stanford University Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (436 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Measuring success in democratic governance / Scott Mainwaring, Timothy R. Scully, and Jorge Vargas Cullell -- Economic growth in Latin America : from the disappointment of the twentieth century to the challenges of the twenty-first / José De Gregorio -- Does one size fit all in policy reform? : cross-national evidence and its implications for Latin America / Francisco Rodríguez -- More market or more state for Latin America? / Alejandro Foxley -- Social policy and democratic governance in Latin America / Evelyne Huber and John Stephens -- The rule of law as a governance issue : lessons from the prosecution of rights violations / Daniel Brinks -- Political institutions, populism, and democracy in Latin America / Patricio Navia and Ignacio Walker -- Democratic governance in Chile / Alan Angell -- Limits to Costa Rican heterodoxy : what has changed in "paradise"? / Mitchell Seligson and Juliana Martínez Franzoni -- Structural reform and governability : the Brazilian experience in the 1990s / Fernando Henrique Cardoso -- Democratic governance in Latin America : eleven lessons from recent experience / Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully -- Postscript : democratic governance in Latin America / José Miguel Insulza.. - Producing more effective governance is the greatest challenge that faces most Latin American democracies today-a challenge that involves not only strengthening democratic institutions but also increasing governmental effectiveness. Focusing on the post-1990 period, this volume addresses why some policies and some countries have been more successful than others in meeting this dual challenge.Two features of the volume stand out. First, whereas some analysts tend to generalize for Latin America as a whole, this group of authors underscores the striking differences of achievement among countries
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| ISBN | 9780804760843. - 9780804760850
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