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What makes for an ongoing, successful democracy in Latin America? The essays in this collection emphasize the inherent dynamicism needed to sustain democratic governance. Organized around analyses of political institutions, political parties, public administration and corruption, public opinion, and continuity and change in Venezuelan politics, the essays advance the proposition that Venezuelan democracy survived recent threats because of its capacity to reform institutions and absorb new actors.
The chapter authors include prominent scholars from both the United States and Venezuela, and each grapples with two related questions: What types of reforms are necessary to sustain the process of democratization? And, are actors in the Venezuelan system capable of adopting these changes? A stimulating collection for scholars and researchers dealing with Latin American politics and for those examining democratization in the developing world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Politicial InstitutionsLegitimacy and the Reform Agenda in Venezuela by Miriam Kornblith
Institutional Design and Compromised Legitimacy by Brian F. Crisp
Democratic Legitimacy and Political Change in Venezuela by Michael R. Kulisheck and Damarys Canache
Electoral Systems and Democratic Legitimacy in Venezuela by José E. Molina
Political PartiesDeconstruction versus Reconstruction: The Challenge to Venezuelan Parties by John D. Martz
New Avenues for Popular Representation in Venezuela: La Causa-R and the Movimiento Bolivariano 200 by Margarita López Maya
Public Administration and CorruptionPublic Administration, Oil Rent, and Legitimacy Crises in Venezuela by Marco Cupolo
Corruption and Politicial Illegitimacy in Venezuelan Democracy by Juan Carlos Rey
Mass OpinionVenezuelan Loyalty toward Democracy in the Critical 1900s by Valia Pereira Almao
Democratic Values and the Performance of Democracy in Venezuela by Friedrich Welsch and José Vicente Carrasquero
Continuity and Change in Venezuelan PoliticsCivic Organization and Reconstruction of Democratic Legitimacy in Venezuela by Luis Gómez Calcaño
Beyond the Exhaustion of the Model: Survival and Transformation of Democracy in Venezuela by Daniel H. Levine
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
Über den Autor / die Autorin
DAMARYS CANACHE is with the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests are in Latin American mass political behavior, and her articles have appeared in such journals as
Public Opinion Quarterly and
Political Research Quarterly.
MICHAEL R. KULISHECK is with the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. His research analyzes how institutions shape political behavior in Latin America. He has published in
Electoral Studies.
