Constructing Democratic Governance: Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s

by Abraham F. Lowenthal, Koll I. Guy, Professor Jorge I. Domínguez, et al.

In assessing how well democracy has been working in Latin America and the Caribbean, this study finds that serious problems still plague these new democracies. Many of these problems are related to the political institutions, including political parties, the civil service and the justice system. Part One introduces broad thematic surveys of such key issues as the role of the left, conservatism, inequality and the indigenous people. Part Two reviews...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801853850
• ISBN13: 9780801853852
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"