Ebook: Democracy in Developing Countries, Vol. 4: Latin America

This text reflects improvements in democratic trends and the erosion of democratic advances in different countries. It regards political actors and institutions, and is concerned about the impact on democratic consolidation of economic constraints, weak states, judicial inefficacy and inequality.

The objective of the study is to provide an exhaustive examination of all the historical, cultural, social, economic, political, and international factors that might affect the chances for stable democracy. The study seeks to assess why countries do or do not evolve, consolidate, maintain, lose, and reestablish more or less democratic systems of government.