| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 343 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford studies in democratization |
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Oxford studies in democratization.
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| Contents |
PART I. CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ISSUES -- Introduction: Democratic accountability in Latin America / Scott Mainwaring -- Horizontal accountability: the legal institutionalization of mistrust / Guillermo O'Donnell -- Horizontal accountability: concepts and conflicts / Charles D. Kenney -- PART II. LEGISLATURES, EXECUTIVES, AND OVERSIGHT AGENCIES -- Accountability deficit in Latin America / Erika Moreno, Brian F. Crisp, Matthew Soberg Shugart -- Legislative oversight: interests and institutions in the United States and Argentina / Scott Morgenstern, Luigi Manzetti -- Role of congress as an agency of horizontal accountability: lessons from the Brazilian experience / Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo -- PART III. THE JUDICIARY, THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE, AND RULE OF LAW -- New Brazilian public prosecution: an agent of accountability / Maria Tereza Sadek, Rosângela Batista Cavalcanti -- Horizontal accountability and the rule of law in Central America / Michael Dodson, Donald W. Jackson -- Authoritarianism, democracy and the supreme court: horizontal exchange and the rule of law in Mexico / Beatriz Magaloni -- PART IV. SOCIETAL ACCOUNTABILITY -- Societal and horizontal controls: two cases of a fruitful relationship / Catalina Smulovitz, Enrique Peruzzotti |
| Summary |
This volume on democratic accountability addresses one of the burning issues on the agenda of policy makers and citizens in contemporary Latin America: how democratic leaders in Latin America can improve accountability while simultaneously promoting governmental effectiveness |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Latin America
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Government liability -- Latin America
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Democracy
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Government liability
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Politics and government
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Democratisering.
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Verantwoordingsplicht.
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| SUBJECT |
Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87000854
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| Subject |
Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mainwaring, Scott, 1954-
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Welna, Christopher
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| ISBN |
9780191531347 |
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0191531340 |
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9780199256372 |
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0199256373 |
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9780191602368 |
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0191602361 |
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