Reinventing Legitimacy: Democracy and Political Change in Venezuela (Hardcover)

Reinventing Legitimacy: Democracy and Political Change in Venezuela Book 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.

About the Author :

Michael R Kulisheck has contributed to Reinventing Legitimacy: Democracy and Political Change in Venezuela as an author. MICHAEL R. KULISHECK is with the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. His research analyzes how institutions shape political behavior in Latin America. He has published in Electoral Studies.

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