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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811484503321

Titolo

The crisis of democratic representation in the Andes / / edited by Scott Mainwaring, Ana Maria Bejarano, and Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8047-6791-2

1-4294-5680-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

MainwaringScott <1954->

BejaranoAna Maria

Pizarro LeongomezEduardo

Disciplina

320.98

Soggetti

Representative government and representation - Andes Region

Democracy - Andes Region

Political culture - Andes Region

Andes Region Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The crisis of democratic representation in the Andes : an overview / Scott Mainwaring, Ana Maria Bejarano, and Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez -- From crisis to collapse of the party systems and dilemmas of democratic representation : Peru and Venezuela / Martin Tanaka -- Giants with feet of clay : political parties in Colombia / Eduardo Pizarro Leongomez -- Ecuador : the provincialization of representation / Simon Pachano -- Outsiders and neopopulism : the road to plebiscitary democracy / Rene Antonio Mayorga -- Decentralized politics and political outcomes in the Andes / Kathleen O'Neill -- The nature of representation in Andean legislatures and attempts at institutional reengineering / Brian F. Crisp -- Urban citizen movements and disempowerment in Peru and Venezuela / Daniel H. Levine, Catalina Romero -- Indigenous politics in the Andes : changing patterns of recognition, reform, and representation / Deborah J. Yashar -- State deficiencies, party competition, and confidence in democratic representation in the Andes / Scott Mainwaring.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume analyses and explains the crisis of democratic



representation in five Andean countries: Bolivia, Colombia Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It addresses an important question for Latin America as well as other parts of the world: why does representation sometimes fail to work?