Mandates and Democracy - Neoliberalism By Surprise in Latin America

Klappentext Susan Stokes explores why Latin American politicians seeking reelection would impose unpopular policies. Zusammenfassung If politicians want to be reelected or see their party reelected at the end of their term! why would they impose unpopular policies? Susan Stokes develops a model of policy switches and tests it with statistical and qualitative data from Latin American elections over the last two decades. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Elections, mandates, and representation; 2. Electoral politics and economic policy in Latin America; 3. Explaining policy switches; 4. Are parties what's wrong with democracy in Latin America?: neoliberalism without mandates: citizens respond; 5. Mandates and democratic theory; 6. Summary, predictions, unsettled questions; References.

Product details

• Authors: Susan C. Stokes, Susan C. (University of Chicago) Stokes, Susan Carol Stokes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.08.2001
• EAN: 9780521805117
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80511-7
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education