Democracy in the Americas : Stopping the pendulum /
edited Robert Pastor
- New York : Holmes & Meier, 1989
- xxi, 262 p. / 23 cm.
Democracy : its fate and meaning, 1. -- Introduction : The swing of the pendulum, 3. -- The modest meaning of democracy, 11. -- Democracy from thee Latin American perspectives, 11. -- The decline and rise of democracy, 39. -- Political crafting of democratic consolidation or destruction : European and South American Comparisons, 41. -- Transitions to democracy : Some navigation instruments, 62. -- The consolidation of fragile democracies : A discusion with illustrations, 76. -- Changing Latin American attitudes : Prerequisite to institutionalizing democracy, 96. -- The economic policy and democracy, 104. -- Maintaining the momentum, 113. -- A multilateral arrangement to secure democracy, 115. -- The future of democracy : An analytical summary, 133. -- How to reinforce democracy in the Americas : Seven proposals, 139. -- Case studies of democratization, 157