| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
State crises, the left, and democracy in contemporary South America -- Explaining divergent party system trajectories and regime dynamics -- Venezuela : development of a highly polarizing party system -- Brazil : development of a weakly polarizing party system -- Democratic erosion in Venezuela, representative democracy in Brazil -- Bolivia and Ecuador : high polarization and democratic erosion -- Chile and Uruguay : low polarization and representative democracy -- Paraguay and Peru : low polarization and polyarchy -- Longer-term legacies and comparative perspectives around the world -- Appendix A: Operationalization of state crisis and left-wing infrastructure -- Appendix B: Operationalization of polarization and regime categories. |
| Summary |
This book develops a new political-institutional explanation of South America's 'two lefts' and the divergent fates of the region's democratic regimes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
South America -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Democracy -- South America.
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Right and left (Political science) -- South America.
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Polarization (Social sciences) -- South America.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
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Democracy. |
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Polarization (Social sciences) |
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Politics and government. |
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Right and left (Political science) |
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South America. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Handlin, Samuel. State crisis in fragile democracies. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017 9781108415422 1108415423 (DLC) 2017024754 (OCoLC)981115712 |
| ISBN |
9781108258401 (electronic bk.) |
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1108258409 (electronic bk.) |
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1108254942 |
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9781108254946 |
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9781108256704 |
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1108256708 |
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9781108233682 (ebook) |
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1108233686 |
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9781108401418 (paperback) |
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1108401414 |
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9781108415422 (alk. paper) |
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1108415423 (alk. paper) |
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1108233686 |
| Standard No. |
40027393274 |
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