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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel Brinks (Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin) , Marcelo Leiras (San Andrés University) , Scott Mainwaring (Professor and Director of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.748kg ISBN: 9781421414591ISBN 10: 1421414597 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 17 November 2014 Recommended Age: From 13 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Preface Introduction. Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of Democracy Part I: Democratic Breakdowns, Survival, and Transitions Chapter 1. Democratic Breakdown and Survival in Latin America, 1945–2005 Chapter 2. Argentina's Democracy Four Decades after Modernization and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism Chapter 3. Reflections on ""Transitology"": Before and After Part II: The Political Economy of Democracy and Authoritarianism Chapter 4. Rentier Populism and the Rise of Super-presidents in South America Chapter 5. Democracy and Markets: Notes on a Twenty-First-Century Paradox Chapter 6. Inequality and Democracy: Latin American Lessons for the United States Chapter 7. Economic Performance, Political Competition, and Regime Stability in Postwar Latin America Part III: Weak Formal Institutions, Rule of Law, and Delegate Democracy Chapter 8. Theorizing a Moving Target: O'Donnell's Changing Views of Postauthoritarian Regimes Chapter 9. Building Institutions on Weak Foundations: Lessons from Latin America Chapter 10. Inequality and the Rule of Law: Ineffective Rights in Latin American Democracies Chapter 11. Unpacking Delegative Democracy: Digging into the Empirical Content of a Rich Theoretical Concept Chapter 12. Accountability Deficits of Delegative Democracy Part IV: Human Agency and the Quality of Democracy Chapter 13. Democracy, Agency, and the Classification of Political Regimes Chapter 14. Democracy and Democratization: Guillermo O'Donnell's Late Attempt to Rework Democratic Theory Part V: Guillermo O'Donnell and the Study of Politics Chapter 15. ""A mí, sí, me importa"": Guillermo O'Donnell's Approach to Theorizing with Normative and Comparative Intent Conclusion. Studying Big Political Issues Timeline References List of Contributors Index"ReviewsA very impressive work... Absolutely essential for scholars and students of Latin America and highly recommended generally. * Choice * A very impressive work... Absolutely essential for scholars and students of Latin America and highly recommended generally. Choice Author InformationDaniel Brinks is an associate professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of The Judicial Response to Police Killings in Latin America: Inequality and the Rule of Law. Marcelo Leiras is an assistant professor of political science and international relations at Universidad de San Andres in Argentina, where he is also director of the Master of Public Administration and Policy program. Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the coauthor of Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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