Democratic Latin America / / Craig L. Arceneaux, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

• Autore: Arceneaux Craig L. <1965->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2016
• Edizione: Edition number 01.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.98
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - Latin America
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Politics and government
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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 ; Pillars 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 ; Chapter 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 ; Constitutionalism 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 ; The 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 ; Country in the Spotlight: Presidential Politics in Argentina
• Titolo autorizzato: Democratic Latin America
• ISBN: 1-315-66434-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827918903321
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