Democracy in Latin America: Between Hope and Despair

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DEMO CRACY in LATIN AMERICA BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR IGNACIO WALKER TRANSLATED BY KRYSTIN KRAUSE, HOLLY BIRD, AND SCOTT MAINWARING DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA RECENT TITLES FROM THE HELEN KELLOGG INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Scott Mainwaring, series editor The University of Notre Dame Press gratefully thanks the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies for its support in the publication of titles in this series. Matthew R. Cleary The Sources of Democratic Responsiveness in Mexico (2010) Leah Anne Carroll Violent Democratization: Social Movements, Elites, and Politics in Colombia’s Rural War Zones, 1984–2008 (2011) Timothy J. Power and Matthew M. Taylor, eds. Corruption and Democracy in Brazil: The Struggle for Accountability (2011) Ana María Bejarano Precarious Democracies: Understanding Regime Stability and Change in Colombia and Venezuela (2011) Carlos Guevara Mann Political Careers, Corruption, and Impunity: Panama's Assembly, 1984–2009 (2011) Gabriela Ippolito-O’Donnell The Right to the City: Popular Contention in Contemporary Buenos Aires (2012) Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens The Maryknoll Catholic Mission in Peru, 1943–1989: Transnational Faith and Transformation (2012) Barry S. Levitt Power in the Balance: Presidents, Parties, and Legislatures in Peru and Beyond (2012) Sérgio Buarque de Holanda Roots of Brazil (2012) José Murilo de Carvalho The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil (2012) Douglas Chalmers and Scott Mainwaring, eds. Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan (2012) Peter K. Spink, Peter M. Ward, and Robert H. Wilson, eds. Metropolitan Governance in the Federalist Americas: Strategies for Equitable and Integrated Development (2012) Natasha Borges Sugiyama Diffusion of Good Government: Social Sector Reforms in Brazil (2012) For a complete list of titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, see http://www.undpress.nd.edu DEMO CRACY in LATIN AMERICA BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR IGNACIO WALKER TRANSLATED BY KRYSTIN KRAUSE, HOLLY BIRD, AND SCOTT MAINWARING University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana Copyright © 2013 by University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Walker, Ignacio. Democracy in Latin America : between hope and despair / Ignacio Walker ; translated by Krystin Krause, Holly Bird, and Scott Mainwaring. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-268-01972-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-268-01972-X (pbk. : alk. paper) E-ISBN: 978-0-268-09666-3 1. Democracy—Latin America. 2. Latin America—Politics and government. I. Krause, Krystin, translator. II. Bird, Holly, translator. III. Mainwaring, Scott, 1954– translator. IV. Title. JL966.W35 2013 321.8098—dc23 2013000479 ∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources FOR ALBERT HIRSCHMAN ...