LEADER 03152nam 2200529 450 001 9910136025403321 005 20161229000000.0 010 $a0-472-12232-0 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.9281448 035 $a(CKB)3710000000908920 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4721251 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.9281448 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000908920 100 $a20160615d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aDemocratization by institutions $eArgentina's transition years in comparative perspective /$fLeslie E. Anderson 210 1$aAnn Arbor, Michigan :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (305 pages) 311 $a0-472-05323-X 311 $a0-472-07323-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"In this pioneering study of democratization in Argentina, Leslie Anderson challenges Robert Putnam's thesis that democracy requires high levels of social capital. She demonstrates in Democratization by Institutions that formal institutions (e.g., the executive, the legislature, the courts) can serve not only as operational parts within democracy but as the driving force toward democracy. As Anderson astutely observes, the American founders debated the merits of the institutions they were creating. Examining how, and how well, Argentina's American-style institutional structure functions, she considers the advantages and risks of the separation of powers, checks and balances, legislative policymaking, and strong presidential power. During the democratic transition, the Argentinian state has used institutions to address immediate policy challenges in ways responsive to citizens and thereby to provide a supportive environment in which social capital can develop. By highlighting the role that institutions can play in leading a nation out of authoritarianism, even when social capital is low, Anderson begins a new conversation about the possibilities of democratization. Democratization by Institutions has much to say not only to Latin Americanists and scholars of democratization but also to those interested in the U.S. constitutional structure and its application in other parts of the world"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aDemocratization$zArgentina 606 $aExecutive power$zArgentina 606 $aInstitution building$zArgentina 606 $aSocial capital (Sociology)$zArgentina 607 $aArgentina$xPolitics and government$y1983-2002 607 $aArgentina$xPolitics and government$y2002- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aExecutive power 615 0$aInstitution building 615 0$aSocial capital (Sociology) 676 $a320.982 686 $aPOL009000$2bisacsh 700 $aAnderson$b Leslie$g(Leslie E.),$01094439 712 02$aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan) 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136025403321 996 $aDemocratization by institutions$92896295 997 $aUNINA