Democracy in Latin America: (Re)Constructing Political Society

by Manuel Antonio Garreton M.

Democracy in Latin America examines democratic transition and consolidation in post-authoritarian and post-civil war Latin America. Its central premise is that the fundamental prerequisite of democracy is the existence of a polity or 'political society, ' something that has been weak or under threat. The challenges of reconstructing 'political societies' rests upon a broad definition of democracy as more than electoral systems and institutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9280810685
• ISBN13: 9789280810684
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: United Nations University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 8.9"