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Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America

Author : Benjamin Goldfrank
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271074515
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America written by Benjamin Goldfrank and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The resurgence of the Left in Latin America over the past decade has been so notable that it has been called “the Pink Tide.” In recent years, regimes with leftist leaders have risen to power in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Venezuela. What does this trend portend for the deepening of democracy in the region? Benjamin Goldfrank has been studying the development of participatory democracy in Latin America for many years, and this book represents the culmination of his empirical investigations in Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In order to understand why participatory democracy has succeeded better in some countries than in others, he examines the efforts in urban areas that have been undertaken in the cities of Porto Alegre, Montevideo, and Caracas. His findings suggest that success is related, most crucially, to how nationally centralized political authority is and how strongly institutionalized the opposition parties are in the local arenas.

Participation in Latin America

Author : Agustín Gordillo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Participation in Latin America written by Agustín Gordillo and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Political Participation in Latin America

Author : University of Texas at San Antonio
Publisher : New York : Holmes & Meier Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Participation in Latin America written by University of Texas at San Antonio and published by New York : Holmes & Meier Publishers. This book was released on 1978 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Voice and Inequality

Author : Carew Boulding
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019754214X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Voice and Inequality written by Carew Boulding and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How do poor people in Latin America participate in politics? What explains the variation in the patterns of voting, protesting, and contacting government for the region's poorest citizens? Why are participation gaps larger in some countries than in others? This book offers the first large scale empirical analysis of political participation in Latin America, focusing on patterns of participation among the poorest citizens in each country, and comparing those patterns to those of individuals with more resources. Far from being politically inert, under certain conditions the poorest citizens in Latin America can act and speak for themselves with an intensity that far exceeds their modest socioeconomic resources. We argue that key institutions of democracy, namely civil society, political parties, and competitive elections, have an enormous impact on whether or not poor people turn out to vote, protest, and contact government officials. When voluntary organizations thrive in poor communities and when political parties focus their mobilization efforts on poor individuals, they respond with high levels of political activism. Poor people's activism also benefits from strong parties, robust electoral competition and well-functioning democratic institutions. Where electoral competition is robust and where the power of incumbents is constrained, we see higher levels of participation by poor individuals and more political equality. Precisely because the individual resource constraints that poor people face are daunting obstacles to political activism, our explanation focuses on those features of democratic politics that create opportunities for participation that have the strongest effect on poor people's political behavior"--

Political Participation in Latin America

Author : John A. Booth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789841903343
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Political Participation in Latin America written by John A. Booth and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Inclusionary Turn in Latin American Democracies

Author : Diana Kapiszewski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110890159X
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis The Inclusionary Turn in Latin American Democracies by : Diana Kapiszewski

Download or read book The Inclusionary Turn in Latin American Democracies written by Diana Kapiszewski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin American states took dramatic steps toward greater inclusion during the late twentieth and early twenty-first Centuries. Bringing together an accomplished group of scholars, this volume examines this shift by introducing three dimensions of inclusion: official recognition of historically excluded groups, access to policymaking, and resource redistribution. Tracing the movement along these dimensions since the 1990s, the editors argue that the endurance of democratic politics, combined with longstanding social inequalities, create the impetus for inclusionary reforms. Diverse chapters explore how factors such as the role of partisanship and electoral clientelism, constitutional design, state capacity, social protest, populism, commodity rents, international diffusion, and historical legacies encouraged or inhibited inclusionary reform during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Featuring original empirical evidence and a strong theoretical framework, the book considers cross-national variation, delves into the surprising paradoxes of inclusion, and identifies the obstacles hindering further fundamental change.

Reorganizing Popular Politics

Author : Ruth Berins Collier
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271035609
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Reorganizing Popular Politics written by Ruth Berins Collier and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comparative analysis of lower-class interest politics in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Venezuela. Examines the proliferation of associations in Latin America's popular-sector neighborhoods, in the context of the historic problem of popular-sector voice and political representation in the region"--Provided by publisher.

Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America

Author : Leonardo Avritzer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400825016
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America written by Leonardo Avritzer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a bold new study of the recent emergence of democracy in Latin America. Leonardo Avritzer shows that traditional theories of democratization fall short in explaining this phenomenon. Scholars have long held that the postwar stability of Western Europe reveals that restricted democracy, or "democratic elitism," is the only realistic way to guard against forces such as the mass mobilizations that toppled European democracies after World War I. Avritzer challenges this view. Drawing on the ideas of Jürgen Habermas, he argues that democracy can be far more inclusive and can rely on a sphere of autonomous association and argument by citizens. He makes this argument by showing that democratic collective action has opened up a new "public space" for popular participation in Latin American politics. Unlike many theorists, Avritzer builds his case empirically. He looks at human rights movements in Argentina and Brazil, neighborhood associations in Brazil and Mexico, and election-monitoring initiatives in Mexico. Contending that such participation has not gone far enough, he proposes a way to involve citizens even more directly in policy decisions. For example, he points to experiments in "participatory budgeting" in two Brazilian cities. Ultimately, the concept of such a space beyond the reach of state administration fosters a broader view of democratic possibility, of the cultural transformation that spurred it, and of the tensions that persist, in a region where democracy is both new and different from the Old World models.

Political Participation in Latin America

Author : John A. Booth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (632 download)

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Politics and Political Participation in Latin America

Author : Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Politics and Political Participation in Latin America written by Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quiet Revolution

Author : Tim Campbell
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822975092
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book The Quiet Revolution written by Tim Campbell and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2003-04-20 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As if by unseen signal toward the end of the 1980s, many Latin American governments suddenly transferred money and decision-making power to local municipalities. At the same time, national authorities allowed local governments to choose their leaders in free and open elections. The resulting revolution has been profound in its reach and stunning in the silent shift of power from central to local authorities.The Quiet Revolution traces the growth and effects of decentralization and democratization in Latin America throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Based on first-hand accounts from mayors, local officials, and neighborhood leaders, Tim Campbell focuses on those cities and towns that made the most of their new intergovernmental arrangements. He further argues that the reforms, which are vital to long-term sustainable growth in the region, are in danger of being smothered by current policy responses from national and international institutions. Campbell's research, conducted over a ten-year span, counters conventional wisdom about the role of development banks in the process of state reform and offers timely insights into similar events taking place in other parts of the world.

Women and Politics in Latin America

Author : Nikki Craske
Publisher : Polity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780745615462
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Women and Politics in Latin America written by Nikki Craske and published by Polity Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a comprehensive view of women's political participation in Latin America, this book examines different arenas of action and debate. It explores the ways in which women have become more effective in the public arena.

Reorganizing Popular Politics

Author : Ruth Berins Collier
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271075686
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Reorganizing Popular Politics written by Ruth Berins Collier and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historic shift has occurred in the organizational structures through which the lower classes in Latin America express voice and find political representation. With the political and economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, networks of community-based associations and nongovernmental organizations replaced party-affiliated labor unions as the predominant organizations to which the lower classes turned. This volume examines the new “interest regime” in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Venezuela through two extensive surveys—one of individuals and one of associations—undertaken in those nations’ capital cities. Contrary to common perceptions, the new interest regime is neither a vibrant, autonomous civil society nor a set of weak, atomized organizations. Participation in associations is generally high, compared to “direct action” as a strategy for pursuing collective interests, and associations more frequently coordinate and engage the state than has sometimes been assumed. However, various forms of interaction with the state pose a classic trade-off between representation and state control, and the new interest regime is marked by representational distortion, in that the lower classes are less likely to use the new structures than the middle classes. Within these general patterns, distinct national models are emerging. This volume represents the most ambitious and systematic effort to date to examine individual participation and associational life in Latin America and to carry out a cross-national analysis of new forms of political representation.

Political Change

Author : Gino Germani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Political Change written by Gino Germani and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beyond Civil Society

Author : Sonia E. Alvarez
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780822363071
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Civil Society written by Sonia E. Alvarez and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to Beyond Civil Society argue that the conventional distinction between civic and uncivic protest, and between activism in institutions and in the streets, does not accurately describe the complex interactions of forms and locations of activism characteristic of twenty-first-century Latin America. They show that most contemporary political activism in the region relies upon both confrontational collective action and civic participation at different moments. Operating within fluid, dynamic, and heterogeneous fields of contestation, activists have not been contained by governments or conventional political categories, but rather have overflowed their boundaries, opening new democratic spaces or extending existing ones in the process. These essays offer fresh insight into how the politics of activism, participation, and protest are manifest in Latin America today while providing a new conceptual language and an interpretive framework for examining issues that are critical for the future of the region and beyond. Contributors. Sonia E. Alvarez, Kiran Asher, Leonardo Avritzer, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Andrea Cornwall, Graciela DiMarco, Arturo Escobar, Raphael Hoetmer, Benjamin Junge, Luis E. Lander, Agustín Laó-Montes, Margarita López Maya, José Antonio Lucero, Graciela Monteagudo, Amalia Pallares, Jeffrey W. Rubin, Ana Claudia Teixeira, Millie Thayer

The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America

Author : John A. Booth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139475592
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America written by John A. Booth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political scientists have worried about declining levels of citizens' support for their regimes (legitimacy), but have failed to empirically link this decline to the survival or breakdown of democracy. This apparent paradox is the 'legitimacy puzzle', which this book addresses by examining political legitimacy's structure, sources, and effects. With exhaustive empirical analysis of high-quality survey data from eight Latin American nations, it confirms that legitimacy exists as multiple, distinct dimensions. It finds that one's position in society, education, knowledge, information, and experiences shape legitimacy norms. Contrary to expectations, however, citizens who are unhappy with their government's performance do not drop out of politics or resort mainly to destabilizing protest. Rather, the disaffected citizens of these Latin American democracies participate at high rates in conventional politics and in such alternative arenas as communal improvement and civil society. And despite regime performance problems, citizen support for democracy remains high.

Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America

Author : Maxine Molyneux
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403914117
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America written by Maxine Molyneux and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume assesses one of the most important developments in contemporary Latin American women's movements: the engagement with rights-based discourses. Organised women have played a central role in the continued struggle for democracy in the region and with it gender justice. The foregrounding of human rights, and within them the recognition of women's rights, has offered women a strategic advantage in pursuing their goals of an inclusive citizenship. The country-based chapters analyse specific bodies of rights: rights and representation, domestic violence, labour rights, reproductive rights, legal advocacy, socio-economic rights, rights and ethnicity, and rights, the state and autonomy.