Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

Av Scott Mainwaring, Ana María Bejarano, Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez

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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 other parts of the world: Why does representation sometimes fail to work?

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Utgivningsdatum2006-08-08
Mått152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt649 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor384
FörlagStanford University Press
ISBN9780804752787

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@fmct:Contents @toc4:List of Tables and Figuresiii Acknowledgmentsiii List of Contributorsiii @toc2:1.The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes: An Overview1 @tocca:Scott Mainwaring, Ana Maria Bejarano, and Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez @toc1:Part I: Party Systems, Political Outsiders, and the Crisis of Democratic Representation @toc2:2.From Crisis to Collapse of the Party Systems and Dilemmas of Democratic Representation: Peru and Venezuela000 @tocca:Martin Tanaka @toc2:3.Giants with Feet of Clay: Political Parties in Colombia000 @tocca:Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez @toc2:4.Ecuador: The Provincialization of Representation @tocca:Simon Pachano000 @toc2:5.Outsiders and Neopopulism: The Road to Plebiscitary Democracy000 @tocca:Ren' Antonio Mayorga @toc1:Part II: Decentralization, Legislatures, and Democratic Representation @toc2:6.Decentralized Politics and Political Outcomes in the Andes000 @tocca:Kathleen O'Neill @toc2:7.The Nature of Representation in Andean Legislatures and Attempts at Institutional Reengineering000 @tocca:Brian F. Crisp @toc1:Part III: Popular Politics and the Crisis of Democratic Representation @toc2:8.Urban Citizen Movements and Disempowerment in Peru and Venezuela000 @tocca:Daniel H. Levine and Catalina Romero @toc2:9.Indigenous Politics in the Andes: Changing Patterns of Recognition, Reform, and Representation000 @tocca:Deborah J. Yashar Part IV: Conclusion @toc2:10.State Deficiencies, Party Competition, and Confidence in Democratic Representation in the Andes000 @tocca:Scott Mainwaring @toc4:Index000

"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 contemporary shortcomings of elections, parties, and legislatures in the Andean region. This volume furnishes a fresh, coherent conceptual framework for dealing with the issue of democratic representation—an approach that could be applied to many other nations." —Paul Drake, University of California, San Diego