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Scott Mainwaring (Ed.) - The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes - 9780804752787 - V9780804752787
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The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes

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Description for The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes Hardback. The essays in this book analyze and explain the crisis of democratic representation in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; Bejarano, Ana Maria; Leongomez, Eduardo Pizarro. Num Pages: 384 pages, 41 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.

The essays in this book analyze and explain the crisis of democratic representation in five Andean countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. In this region, disaffection with democracy, political parties, and legislatures has spread to an alarming degree. Many presidents have been forced from office, and many traditional parties have fallen by the wayside. These five countries have the potential to be negative examples in a region that has historically had strong demonstration and diffusion effects in terms of regime changes. The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes addresses an important question for Latin America as well as ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804752787
SKU
V9780804752787
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About Scott Mainwaring (Ed.)
Scott Mainwaring is Eugene Conley Professor of Political Science and Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Ana María Bejarano is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez is Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá.

Reviews for The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes
"Why Representation Fails is an important work covering issues concerning the Andean countries that previous scholarship has addressed insufficiently. At the book's core is a concern for the role of political parties in sustaining and enhancing the capacity of democratic institutions to represent citizen interests and serve the public."—Jorge Dominguez, Harvard University "No other book provides such depth on the ... Read more

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