@book {64646,
	title = {Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America, second edition},
	year = {2003},
	month = {Jan 1, 2003},
	publisher = {Johns Hopkins University Press},
	organization = {Johns Hopkins University Press},
	abstract = {\&quot;This comprehensive [book] takes a close look at the status of democratic regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean... This is a remarkable collaborative achievement and provides a quick, authoritative, and handy reference that will be invaluable to students.\&quot;{\textemdash}Foreign Affairs, reviewing the first editionSince the first edition of the acclaimed Constructing Democratic Governance was published in 1996, the democracies of Latin America and the Caribbean have undergone significant change. This new, one-volume edition, edited by Jorge I. Dom{\'\i}nguez and Michael Shifter, offers a concise update to current scholarship in this important area of international studies.The book is divided into two parts: Themes and Issues, and Country Studies. Countries not covered by individual studies are discussed in the introduction, conclusion, and thematic chapters. In the introduction, Michael Shifter provides an overview of new developments in Latin America and the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on civil society and problems of governance. The conclusion, by Jorge I. Dom{\'\i}nguez, ties together the themes of the various chapters and discusses the role of parties and electoral politics.Contributors: Felipe Ag{\"u}ero, University of Miami; John M. Carey, Washington University in St. Louis; Fernando Cepeda Ulloa, Universidad de los Andes; Michael Coppedge; University of Notre Dame; Javier Corrales, Amherst College; Carlos Iv{\'a}n Degregori, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos; Rut Diamint, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Denise Dresser, University of Southern California; Mala N. Htun, New School University; Marta Lagos, Latinobar{\'o}metro; Bol{\'\i}var Lamounier, Augurium: An{\'a}lise; Steven Levitsky, Harvard University; M. Victoria Murillo, Yale University.},
	url = {http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/1365.html},
	author = {Dom{\'\i}nguez, Jorge I. and Shifter, Michael}
}
