Constructing democratic governance in Latin America / 
edited by Jorge I. Dominguez and Michael Shifter. 
 - Fourth edition. 
 - xxiii, 377 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - An inter-American dialogue book .
 - Inter-American dialogue book  .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : new issues in democratic governance / Michael Shifter<br/>Constitutional rewrites in Latin America, 1987-2009 / Javier Corrales<br/>Mass media and politics in Latin America / Taylor C. Boas<br/>Security challenges for Latin American democratic governance / Lucía Dammert<br/>Natural resources boom and institutional curses in the new political economy of South America / Sebastián Mazzuca<br/>Argentina : democratic consolidation, partisan dealignment, and institutional weakness / Ernesto Calvo and María Victoria Murillo<br/>Bolivia : keeping the coalition together / George Gray Molina<br/>Brazil : democracy in the PT era / David Samuels<br/>Chile : beyond transitional models of politics / Peter M. Siavelis<br/>Colombia : democratic governance amidst an armed conflict / Eduardo Posada-Carbó<br/>Mexico : democratic advances and limitations / Shannon O'Neil<br/>Peru : the challenges of a democracy without parties / Steven Levitsky<br/>Venezuela : political governance and regime change by electoral means / Ángel E. Álvarez<br/>Conclusion : early twenty-first century democratic governance in Latin America / Jorge I. Domínguez 
<br/><br/> Already widely used in courses, Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America will continue to interest students of Latin American politics, democratization studies, and comparative politics as well as policymakers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421409795 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1421409798 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012041079 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy--Latin America.<br/>Democracia--América Latina
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Latin America--Politics and government--1980-<br/>América Latina--Política y gobierno--1980-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JL 966  / C758 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.98