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Issues in Democratic Consolidation: The New South American Democracies in Comparative Perspective

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Description for Issues in Democratic Consolidation: The New South American Democracies in Comparative Perspective Paperback. Focusing primarily on recent South American cases, "Issues in Democratic Consolidation" examines some of the difficulties of constructing consolidated democracies and provides a critical examination of the major issues involved. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; etc.; O'Donnell, Guillermo (Academic Director, the Kellog Institute and Helen Kellogg Professor of Government and Sociology); Valenzuela, J. Samuel (Professor and Chair of Sociology, and Senior Fellow, the Kellogg Institute, USA). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.

Since 1974 there has been an unprecedented wave of democratization in the world. This trend has been particularly extensive in South America. But the problems confronting these new democracies are staggering, and the prospects for building consolidated democratic regimes are far from uniformly good. Focusing primarily on recent South American cases, Issues in Democratic Consolidation examines some of the difficulties of constructing consolidated democracies and provides a critical examination of the major issues involved.

A prominent theme running through this collection is that the transitions from authoritative rule to civilian government may be arrested by political, economic, and social constraints. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268012113
SKU
V9780268012113
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About Scott Mainwaring (Ed.)
Scott Mainwaring is a Senior Fellow of the Kellogg Institute and an Associate Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Guillermo O'Donnell (d. 2011) was Academic Director of the Kellogg Institute and Helen Kellogg Professor of Government and International Studies and Sociology. J. Samuel Valenzuela is Professor and Chair of Sociology ... Read more

Reviews for Issues in Democratic Consolidation: The New South American Democracies in Comparative Perspective
"Seven leading scholars, all associated with Notre Dame's Kellogg Institute for International Studies, have contributed to this path-breaking symposium volume on the second stage of South America's contemporary transitions toward democratic governance. They emphasize the enormous difficulties of consolidating democratic practice, arising from vast social inequalities, the lingering strength of antidemocratic groups and forces, continuities of political actors and prevalent ... Read more

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