Cameron shows how institutions rely on rules and incentives, but they need practitioners with the virtues and character to make good decisions. Wise practitioners are not only an antidote to excessive partisanship, neoliberal competitiveness, and institutional corruption, they are an essential ingredient of any democracy based on citizenship and the common good.
Explores how—and to what effect—diverse forces on the left have not only captured the imagination of vast swathes of the continent's population, but also taken hold of the reins of government. It assesses the multiple currents of Latin America's left turns, considering their origins, their relationships to political parties and social movements, and their performance in office. It also considers the challenge of long-standing socioeconomic ine...
A bold argument that constitutional states are not weaker because their powers are divided -- they are often stronger because they solve collective action problems rooted in speech and communication.
A bold argument that constitutional states are not weaker because their powers are divided - they are often stronger because they solve collective action problems rooted in speech and communication.
Under what conditions is democracy stable? What forces undermine or reinforce democratic institutions in Latin America? This book suggests answers to these questions in the context of Peru, one of Latin America's least stable democracies. It identifies the micro and macro causes that explain the gradual breakdown of democracy in the period between the 1980 transition from authoritarian rule and the 1992 suspension of the Constitution and closu...
The central objective of this volume is to survey the development experience of the Latin American region in the 1980s and explore prospects for the coming decade. In this context, themes of crucial importance for the region are examined, from democratic consolidation to the debt problem.
Maxwell A. Cameron is the Canadian Bicentennial Professor at Yale University's Center for International and Area Studies and Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Brian W. Tomlin is Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Centre for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at Carleton University. Both have published several other books. They are coedito...
