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Reinventing Legitimacy Democracy and Political Change in Venezuela
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Damarys Canache, Michael R. Kulisheck
Book Code: GM0668
ISBN: 0-313-30668-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30668-6
264 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 7/30/1998
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Contributions in Latin American Studies
Series Number: 11
Description: What makes for an ongoing, successful democracy in Latin America? The essays in this collection emphasize the inherent dynamicism needed to sustain democratic governance. Organized around analyses of political institutions, political parties, public administration and corruption, public opinion, and continuity and change in Venezuelan politics, the essays advance the proposition that Venezuelan democracy survived recent threats because of its capacity to reform institutions and absorb new actors. The chapter authors include prominent scholars from both the United States and Venezuela, and each grapples with two related questions: What types of reforms are necessary to sustain the process of democratization? And, are actors in the Venezuelan system capable of adopting these changes? A stimulating collection for scholars and researchers dealing with Latin American politics and for those examining democratization in the developing world.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Politicial Institutions
  • Legitimacy and the Reform Agenda in Venezuela by Miriam Kornblith
  • Institutional Design and Compromised Legitimacy by Brian F. Crisp
  • Democratic Legitimacy and Political Change in Venezuela by Michael R. Kulisheck and Damarys Canache
  • Electoral Systems and Democratic Legitimacy in Venezuela by José E. Molina
  • Political Parties
  • Deconstruction versus Reconstruction: The Challenge to Venezuelan Parties by John D. Martz
  • New Avenues for Popular Representation in Venezuela: La Causa-R and the Movimiento Bolivariano 200 by Margarita López Maya
  • Public Administration and Corruption
  • Public Administration, Oil Rent, and Legitimacy Crises in Venezuela by Marco Cupolo
  • Corruption and Politicial Illegitimacy in Venezuelan Democracy by Juan Carlos Rey
  • Mass Opinion
  • Venezuelan Loyalty toward Democracy in the Critical 1900s by Valia Pereira Almao
  • Democratic Values and the Performance of Democracy in Venezuela by Friedrich Welsch and José Vicente Carrasquero
  • Continuity and Change in Venezuelan Politics
  • Civic Organization and Reconstruction of Democratic Legitimacy in Venezuela by Luis Gómez Calcaño
  • Beyond the Exhaustion of the Model: Survival and Transformation of Democracy in Venezuela by Daniel H. Levine
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Contributors
LC Card Number: 97-43934
LCC Class: JL3831
Dewey Class: 321
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