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Audacious reforms [electronic resource] : institutional invention and democracy in Latin America / Merilee S. Grindle.

By: Grindle, Merilee Serrill.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000Description: xiv, 269 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Local elections -- Latin America -- Case studies | Decentralization in government -- Latin America -- Case studies | Central-local government relations -- Latin America -- Case studies | Democracy -- Latin America -- Case studies | Political participation -- Latin America -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 320.98 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
1. Audacious reforms : democratizing Latin America -- 2. Explaining the unexpected -- 3. Institutional invention in Venezuela : legitimizing the system -- 4. New rules of the game : consequences of change in Venezuela -- 5. Political engineering in Bolivia : the law for popular participation -- 6. A new conundrum : national-local politics in Bolivia -- 7. Pacting institutional change in Argentina -- 8. Waiting for Godot? constitutional change in Argentine practice -- 9. Democratizing reforms : origins and consequences.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.

1. Audacious reforms : democratizing Latin America -- 2. Explaining the unexpected -- 3. Institutional invention in Venezuela : legitimizing the system -- 4. New rules of the game : consequences of change in Venezuela -- 5. Political engineering in Bolivia : the law for popular participation -- 6. A new conundrum : national-local politics in Bolivia -- 7. Pacting institutional change in Argentina -- 8. Waiting for Godot? constitutional change in Argentine practice -- 9. Democratizing reforms : origins and consequences.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.