Lupien Citizens' Power in Latin America

Theory and Practice
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6919-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Examines why some democratic innovations succeed while others fail, using Venezuela, Ecuador, and Chile as case studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lupien, Pascal

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables
Acknowledgments

Part I. Participatory Democracy in Theory and Practice

1. Introduction: The Emergence of Democratic Institutional Innovation in Latin America

2. Theoretical Origins of Citizen Participation

3. Institutionalization of Citizen Participation in Venezuela, Ecuador, and Chile: Models of Participatory Design

Part II. The Cases

4. Venezuela: Radical Participatory Democracy

5. Ecuador: Radical Discourse, Dashed Expectations

6. Chile: Pragmatic Citizen Participation

7. Conclusions and Prospects

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pascal Lupien teaches in the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program at the University of Guelph and is a Research Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Ontario, Canada.