Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America

Review
"This comprehensive [book] takes a close look at the status of democratic regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean... This is a remarkable collaborative achievement and provides a quick, authoritative, and handy reference that will be invaluable to students."-- Foreign Affairs, reviewing the first edition


Book Description
Since the first edition of the acclaimed Constructing Democratic Governance was published in 1996, the democracies of Latin America and the Caribbean have undergone significant change. This new, one-volume edition, edited by Jorge I. Domínguez and Michael Shifter, offers a concise update to current scholarship in this important area of international studies. The book is divided into two parts: Themes and Issues, and Country Studies. Countries not covered by individual studies are discussed in the introduction, conclusion, and thematic chapters. In the introduction, Michael Shifter provides an overview of new developments in Latin America and the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on civil society and problems of governance. The conclusion, by Jorge I. Domínguez, ties together the themes of the various chapters and discusses the role of parties and electoral politics.Contributors: Felipe Agüero, University of Miami; John M. Carey, Washington University in St. Louis; Fernando Cepeda Ulloa, Universidad de los Andes; Michael Coppedge; University of Notre Dame; Javier Corrales, Amherst College; Carlos Iván Degregori, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos; Rut Diamint, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Denise Dresser, University of Southern California; Mala N. Htun, New School University; Marta Lagos, Latinobarómetro; Bolívar Lamounier, Augurium: Análise; Steven Levitsky, Harvard University; M. Victoria Murillo, Yale University


About the Author
Jorge I. Domínguez is Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs and director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean, also available from Johns Hopkins. Michael Shifter is Vice President for Policy at the Inter-American Dialogue and adjunct professor of Latin American studies at Georgetown University.


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Commissioned by the organization Inter-American Dialogue, this text updates the 1996 work attempting to assess the democratization project in Latin America. Domíguez (international affairs, Harvard U.) and Shifter (Georgetown U.'s School of Foreign Service) present six topical essays stressing cross-country comparison in the areas of presidentialism and representative institutions, the military, market reforms, labor, women, and public opinion. They also include single-country case studies assessing overall conditions in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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