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Deepening Democracy?: The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru Paperback - 1998 - 1st Edition
by Roberts, Kenneth M
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- Title Deepening Democracy?: The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru
- Author Roberts, Kenneth M
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 388
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford University Press
- Date 1998
- Bookseller's Inventory # 8693059
- ISBN 9780804731942 / 0804731942
- Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.51 x 5.56 x 0.9 in (21.62 x 14.12 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1980's
- Chronological Period: 1990's
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Library of Congress subjects Right and left (Political science), Peru - Politics and government - 1980-
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-16557
- Dewey Decimal Code 320.983
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From the rear cover
Through a comparative analysis of two very different cases, this book shows why the deepening of democracy proved so difficult to achieve in practice. Although the Chilean Left helped defeat a military dictator and form a new democratic regime in 1990, it faced great odds in promoting reforms because of the structural and institutional constraints bequeathed by the dictatorship. In Peru, a powerful leftist coalition with close links to social movements failed to build upon its success in municipal elections, and was ultimately undermined by political and economic crises that tore apart the Left's social networks.
Deepening Democracy? suggests that the new project of the Left is heavily contingent on the organization of collective actors in civil society, a process that has been disrupted by the effects of economic crises, market liberalization, and electoral competition. The book sheds new theoretical light on the structural and institutional forces that have not only hampered the political success of the Left, but also limited the scope and quality of democratic practices in contemporary Latin America. Thus, it shifts scholarly attention from the conditions for democratic transition and consolidation in Latin America to the character and consequences of democratic rule.