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Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The Challenge to Democracy in Central America
Author: The Challenge to Democracy in Central America
Author: EE.UU. Department of StatePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
The Challenge to Democracy in Central America
Author: The Challenge to Democracy in Central America
Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
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Category : Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Challenge to Democracy in Central America
Author: Barrio Democracy in Latin America
Author: Eduardo CanelPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271037334
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The transition to democracy underway in Latin America since the 1980s has recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in experimenting with new forms of local governance emphasizing more participation by ordinary citizens. The hope is both to foster the spread of democracy and to improve equity in the distribution of resources. While participatory budgeting has been a favorite topic of many scholars studying this new phenomenon, there are many other types of ongoing experiments. In Barrio Democracy in Latin America, Eduardo Canel focuses our attention on the innovative participatory programs launched by the leftist government in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the early 1990s. Based on his extensive ethnographic fieldwork, Canel examines how local activists in three low-income neighborhoods in that city dealt with the opportunities and challenges of implementing democratic practices and building better relationships with sympathetic city officials.
Challenges to Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Mitchell A. SeligsonPublisher: LAPOP
ISBN: 9780979217876
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Democracy in Latin America
Author: Geraldine LievesleyPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526185873
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This book offers an insight into the democratic processes and institutions in Latin and Central America. It analyses the different political systems and the challenges to them from the Left and popular movements. Lievesley questions how far democracy is embedded in Latin and Central American and asks what constitutes citizenship in political cultures which remain highly differentiated in terms of the structures and relations of power. She does this through an evaluation of the two distinct perspectives of democracy: the liberal pacted and the radical participatory models. Established political systems, systems in transition from military to civilian rule and Socialist systems are viewed through the prism of these two models. The inter-relationship between state, military, political parties and popular movements are examined with a view to determining the possibility of the emergence of a new politics, which would be inclusion rather than exclusionary and would pursue social justice. The book will provide a stimulating assessment of the region's politics for undergraduates and will provoke debate for postgraduates.
The Latin American challenge
Author: Bernardo SorjPublisher: SciELO - Centro Edelstein
ISBN: 8579820812
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Based on the work of twenty renowned experts from the region, this ground-breaking book traces the new face of Latin America using clear, straightfoward language that is accessible to a general audience. The current panorama in the region creates new opportunities and dangers for social cohesion in democracy and a revitalized critical approach is needed to arrive at a global interpretation of the social dynamics in Latin America.