While prior studies have shown the importance of participatory institutions in strengthening civil society and in improving policy outcomes, we know much less a
The transition to democracy underway in Latin America since the 1980s has recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in experimenting with new forms of local g
This volume describes and analyzes the proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies and considers the relationship between di
This volume fills the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date portrait of parties and party systems in Latin America. It includes chapters on all the large and med
This empirically grounded collection examines the growth of participatory institutions in Latin American democracy and how such institutions affect representati
