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Title The crisis of democratic representation in the Andes / edited by Scott Mainwaring, Ana María Bejarano, and Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Crisis of democratic representation in the Andes : an overview / Scott Mainwaring, Ana María Bejarano, and Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez -- From crisis to collapse of the party systems and dilemmas of democratic representation : Peru and Venezuela / Martín Tanaka -- Giants with feet of clay : political parties in Colombia / Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez -- Ecuador : the provincialization of representation / Simón Pachano -- Outsiders and neopopulism : the road to plebiscitary democracy / Rene Antonio Mayorga -- Decentralized politics and political outcomes in the Andes / Kathleen O'Neill -- Nature of representation in Andean legislatures and attempts at institutional reengineering / Brian F. Crisp -- Urban citizen movements and disempowerment in Peru and Venezuela / Daniel H. Levine, Catalina Romero -- Indigenous politics in the Andes : changing patterns of recognition, reform, and representation / Deborah J. Yashar -- State deficiencies, party competition, and confidence in democratic representation in the Andes / Scott Mainwaring.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This volume analyses and explains the crisis of democratic representation in five Andean countries: Bolivia, Colombia Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It addresses an important question for Latin America as well as other parts of the world: why does representation sometimes fail to work?
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
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Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Representative government and representation -- Andes Region.
Representative government and representation.
Andes Region.
Democracy -- Andes Region.
Democracy.
Political culture -- Andes Region.
Political culture.
Andes Region -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Mainwaring, Scott, 1954-
Bejarano, Ana María.
Pizarro Leongómez, Eduardo.
Other Form: Print version: Crisis of democratic representation in the Andes. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006 0804752788 9780804752787 (DLC) 2006005159 (OCoLC)64098483
ISBN 9781429456807 (electronic book)
1429456809 (electronic book)
0804752788 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780804752787