Argentine Democracy The Politics of Institutional Weakness
Heftet /
2006
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780271027166
Publisert
2006-02-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Pennsylvania State University Press
Vekt
540 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336
Biographical note
Steven Levitsky is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
María Victoria Murillo is Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
During the 1990s Argentina was the only country in Latin America to combine radical economic reform and full democracy. In 2001, however, the country fell into a deep political and economic crisis and was widely seen as a basket case. This book explores both developments, examining the links between the (real and apparent) successes of the 1990s and the 2001 collapse. Specific topics include economic policymaking and reform, executive-legislative relations, the judiciary, federalism, political parties and the party system, and new patterns of social protest. Beyond its empirical analysis, the book contributes to several theoretical debates in comparative politics. Contemporary studies of political institutions focus almost exclusively on institutional design, neglecting issues of enforcement and stability. Yet a major problem in much of Latin America is that institutions of diverse types have often failed to take root. Besides examining the effects of institutional weakness, the book also uses the Argentine case to shed light on four other areas of current debate: tensions between radical economic reform and democracy; political parties and contemporary crises of representation; links between subnational and national politics; and the transformation of state-society relations in the post-corporatist era. Besides the editors, the contributors are Javier Auyero, Ernesto Calvo, Kent Eaton, Sebastián Etchemendy, Gretchen Helmke, Wonjae Hwang, Mark Jones, Enrique Peruzzotti, Pablo T. Spiller, Mariano Tommasi, and Juan Carlos Torre.
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ContentsAcknowledgments Acronyms Introduction Steven Levitsky and María Victoria MurilloPART I: INSTITUTIONS, ACTORS, AND THE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC REFORM1. Building Castles in the Sand? The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Argentina Steven Levitsky and María Victoria Murillo2. The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy: A Transaction Cost Approach and Its Application to Argentina Pablo T. Spiller and Mariano Tommasi3. Old Actors in New Markets: Transforming the Populist/Industrial Coalition in Argentina, 1989–2001Sebastián Etchemendy4. Menem and the Governors: IntergovernmentalRelations in the 1990s Kent EatonPART II: RETHINKING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS5. Provincial Party Bosses: Keystone of the Argentine Congress Mark P. Jones and Wonjae Hwang6. Enduring Uncertainty: Court-Executive Relations in Argentina During the 1990s and BeyondGretchen HelmkePART III: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE ARGENTINE PARTY SYSTEM7. Citizens Versus Political Class: The Crisis of Partisan RepresentationJuan Carlos Torre8. Crisis and Renovation: Institutional Weakness and the Transformation of Argentine Peronism, 1983–2003 Steven Levitsky9. The New Iron Law of Argentine Politics? Partisanship,Clientelism, and Governability in Contemporary Argentina Ernesto Calvo and María Victoria MurilloPART IV: EMERGING PATTERNS OF CIVIC ORGANIZATION AND PROTEST10. Demanding Accountable Government: Citizens, Politicians,and the Perils of Representative Democracy in Argentina Enrique Peruzzotti11. Protest and Politics in Contemporary ArgentinaJavier AuyeroConclusion: Theorizing About Weak Institutions: Lessons From the Argentine CaseSteven Levitsky and María Victoria MurilloReferencesContributors Index
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“This volume represents a timely, valuable update on Argentina's democracy and its travails, leading up to the great crisis of 2001–2002. The editors and contributors do a nice job of bringing institutional theory to bear on a host of critical issues, and in doing so reveal just how varied Argentine political institutions are in their strength, endurance, and impact on political behavior. The book is also a reminder of how central politics is to the unfolding and potential resolution of crises that are too often visualized in solely economic terms.”—David Pion,University of California, Riverside
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780271027166
Publisert
2006-02-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Pennsylvania State University Press
Vekt
540 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336
Biographical note
Steven Levitsky is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
María Victoria Murillo is Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.