Democratic Accountability in Latin America

Edited by Mainwaring, Scott / Welna, Christopher
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-925637-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten

Reihe: Oxford Studies in Democratization

This volume on democratic accountability addresses one of the burning issues on the agenda of policy makers and citizens in contemporary Latin America: how democratic leaders in Latin America can improve accountability while simultaneously promoting governmental effectiveness.

This volume on democratic accountability addresses one of the burning issues on the agenda of policy makers and citizens in contemporary Latin America. In much of Latin America, disenchantment and cynicism have set in regarding the quality of elected gove

CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ISSUES; 1. Introduction: Democratic Accountability in Latin America; 2. Horizontal Accountability: The Legal Institutionalization of Mistrust; 3. Horizontal Accountability: Concepts and Conflicts; LEGISLATURES, EXECUTIVES, AND O

Autoren/Hrsg.

Welna, Christopher

Über Autor(innen)

Mainwaring, Scott (Conley Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, USA) / Welna, Christopher (Associate Director of The Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA)