Elections and Democracy in Central America
Author | : John A. Booth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John A. Booth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mitchell A. Seligson |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This volume represents a continuation and significant expansion of the study of the relationship of elections to democracy in Central America that the editors began with Elections and Democracy in Central America.
Author | : Cynthia McClintock |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0190879750 |
During Latin America's third democratic wave, a majority of countries adopted a runoff rule for the election of the president, effectively dampening plurality voting, opening the political arena to new parties, and assuring the public that the president will never have anything less than majority support. In a region in which undemocratic political parties were common and have often been dominated by caudillos, cautious naysayers have voiced concerns about the runoff process, arguing that a proliferation of new political parties vying for power is a sign of inferior democracy. This book is the first rigorous assessment of the implications of runoff versus plurality rules throughout Latin America, and demonstrates that, in contrast to early scholarly skepticism about runoff, it has been positive for democracy in the region. Primarily through qualitative analysis for each country, the author argues that, indeed, an important advantage of runoff is the greater openness of the political arena to new parties--at the same time that measures can be taken to inhibit party proliferation. In this context, it is also the first volume to address whether or not a runoff rule with a reduced threshold (for example, 40% with a 10-point lead) is a felicitous compromise between majority runoff and plurality. The book considers the potential for the superiority of runoff to travel beyond Latin America--in particular, and rather provocatively, to the United States.
Author | : Louis W Goodman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2019-06-18 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1000307255 |
During the 1980s, superpower rivalry and regional conflicts decimated the Central American economies and eroded political systems within the region. Recent years, however, have witnessed remarkable political change, and since 1990 popularly elected presidents have held office in all seven countries. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the
Author | : Eduardo Canel |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0271037334 |
The transition to democracy underway in Latin America since the 1980s has recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in experimenting with new forms of local governance emphasizing more participation by ordinary citizens. The hope is both to foster the spread of democracy and to improve equity in the distribution of resources. While participatory budgeting has been a favorite topic of many scholars studying this new phenomenon, there are many other types of ongoing experiments. In Barrio Democracy in Latin America, Eduardo Canel focuses our attention on the innovative participatory programs launched by the leftist government in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the early 1990s. Based on his extensive ethnographic fieldwork, Canel examines how local activists in three low-income neighborhoods in that city dealt with the opportunities and challenges of implementing democratic practices and building better relationships with sympathetic city officials.
Author | : Dieter Nohlen |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 768 |
Release | : 2005-04-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0191557935 |
This two-volume work continues the series of election data handbooks published by OUP. It presents a first-ever compendium of electoral data for all 35 countries in the Americas since the introduction of universal male suffrage. Following the overall structure of the series, an initial comparative introduction on elections and electoral systems is followed by chapters on each country. Written by knowledgeable and renowned scholars, the contributions examine the evolution of constitutional and electoral arrangements and provide systematic surveys of the up-to-date electoral provisions and electoral rules. These widely differing rules exert considerable influence on party systems and political processes. Exhaustive statistics on all national elections and referendums are given in each chapter. Together with the other books of this series, Elections in the Americas is a highly reliable resource for historical and cross-national comparisons of elections and electoral systems worldwide.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. Mark Payne |
Publisher | : IDB |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1931003319 |
The accompanying CD-ROM features country-by-country election results for presidential and legislative elections."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Thomas J. Dodd |
Publisher | : University of Miami Iberian Studies Institute |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
This work illuminates broad idealogical and diplomatic issues in the history of US-Nicaraguan relations. Based on archive materials, diaries and interviews, this book shows how the United States became involved in negotiations to end the civil war in Nicaragua.
Author | : Cynthia McClintock |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2018-03-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0190879777 |
During Latin America's third democratic wave, a majority of countries adopted a runoff rule for the election of the president, effectively dampening plurality voting, opening the political arena to new parties, and assuring the public that the president will never have anything less than majority support. In a region in which undemocratic political parties were common and have often been dominated by caudillos, cautious naysayers have voiced concerns about the runoff process, arguing that a proliferation of new political parties vying for power is a sign of inferior democracy. This book is the first rigorous assessment of the implications of runoff versus plurality rules throughout Latin America, and demonstrates that, in contrast to early scholarly skepticism about runoff, it has been positive for democracy in the region. Primarily through qualitative analysis for each country, the author argues that, indeed, an important advantage of runoff is the greater openness of the political arena to new parties--at the same time that measures can be taken to inhibit party proliferation. In this context, it is also the first volume to address whether or not a runoff rule with a reduced threshold (for example, 40% with a 10-point lead) is a felicitous compromise between majority runoff and plurality. The book considers the potential for the superiority of runoff to travel beyond Latin America--in particular, and rather provocatively, to the United States.