Outsiders and Neopopulism The Road to Plebiscitary Democracy
Democracy in the Andean countries is in a dismal situation. A process of decline and even reversal has been under way for some time and reached a critical stage by the end of the 1990s. Representative democracy has followed contradictory and regressive paths, leading in some countries to authoritari...
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Published in | The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes p. 132 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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United States
Stanford University Press
08.08.2006
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Edition | 1 |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Democracy in the Andean countries is in a dismal situation. A process of decline and even reversal has been under way for some time and reached a critical stage by the end of the 1990s. Representative democracy has followed contradictory and regressive paths, leading in some countries to authoritarian regimes, delegative democracies, or semi-democracies. In the last decade, most countries in the region have undergone devastating political turmoil, with major implications for the region’s stability, political foundations, and future prospects.
Throughout the Andes, the signs of strain are manifest. Between 1997 and 2005, Ecuador underwent a chaotic period of instability, |
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ISBN: | 9780804752787 0804752788 |