LEADER 04502nam 2200577 450 001 9910827918903321 005 20230808212714.0 010 $a1-315-66434-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000526354 035 $a(EBL)4185909 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001578961 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16254399 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001578961 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14531423 035 $a(PQKB)10908009 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4185909 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4185909 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11127486 035 $a(OCoLC)932338261 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000526354 100 $a20160129d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocratic Latin America /$fCraig L. Arceneaux, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 205 $aEdition number 01. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge :$cTaylor & Francis Group,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-205-21033-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 An Institutional Approach to Democracy and Democratization in Latin America; Institutions and the Study of Democratic Politics; What Is an Institution?; What Is an Institutional Approach to Politics?; Comparing Countries: Do Authoritarians Follow Institutional Rules? Military Regimes and Institutional Design; Democracy in Latin America; Democratic Transition; Defining Democracy; Country in the Spotlight: The Struggle for Democracy in Guatemala; Conclusion; Chapter 2 State and Nation in Colonial Latin America 327 $aPillars of Democracy: State and NationLand and People; Human Settlements in the Pre-Colombian Period; The Colonial Impact on Settlement and Demography; The Colonial Period; The Arrival, and Conquest; The Expansion of Spanish Colonialism; Comparing Countries: Conquest in Brazil Contrasted with Spanish America; Colonial Institutions; Religious Institutions in Colonial Latin America; The Long Road to Independence; Country in the Spotlight: Explaining the Exceptionalism of Colonial Legacies in the United States; Conclusion 327 $aChapter 3 Constitutions: From States and Nations to Regimes, and Back AgainConstitutional Foundations: The Consolidation of Independent States and the Search for National Identity in Latin America; The Caudillo Period (1820s-1870s); The Export Economy (1860s-1930s); The Opening of the U.S. Umbrella (1898); The Great Depression (1929); The Populist Era (1930s-1960s); Bureaucratic Authoritarianism and the Cold War (1960s-1980s); From the Washington Consensus to the "Pink Tide" (1980s to present); Constitutions: The Rules of the Game and More; Constitutional Development in Latin America 327 $aConstitutionalism and DemocracyConstitutions and Political Pacts; Constitutions and National Identity; The Politics of Constitutional Change; Types of Constitutional Reform; The Source of Reform: The People or Congress?; Motives for Reform; Institutional Opportunities and Barriers; Comparing Countries: What Distinguishes the Structure and Content of Constitutions in Latin America?; Explaining Constitutional Change in Latin America; Country in the Spotlight: Constitutional Reform in Nicaragua; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The Executive Branch: Latin American Style 327 $aThe Executive Branch in Presidential and Parliamentary Forms of GovernmentThe Parliamentary System; The Presidential System; Origins of Parliamentarism and Presidentialism; Variations in Parliamentary and Presidential Systems; Latin American Presidencies; Constitutional Powers; Partisan Powers; Comparing Countries: An Assessment of Presidentialism; The Administrative Arm of the Executive: Bureaucracy; Efficiency and Bureaucracy; The Pathologies of Bureaucracy; The Size of Bureaucracy; Corruption and Bureaucracy; Bureaucratic Boundaries 327 $aCountry in the Spotlight: Presidential Politics in Argentina 606 $aDemocracy$zLatin America 607 $aLatin America$xPolitics and government 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.98 700 $aArceneaux$b Craig L.$f1965-$01258264 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827918903321 996 $aDemocratic Latin America$94014224 997 $aUNINA