Christopher Welna

Democratic Accountability in Latin America

Herausgeber: Mainwaring, Scott; Welna, Christopher; Welna, Christoper

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Produktbeschreibung

A widespread perception prevails in much of the region that government officials are not sufficiently subject to routine controls by oversight agencies. Corruption, lack of oversight, impunity of state actors and improper use of public resources are major problems in most countries of the region. Dealing with these issues is paramount to restoring and deepening democratic legitimacy. The fundamental question in this volume is how democratic leaders in Latin America can improve accountability while simultaneously promoting governmental effectiveness.

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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. Written by well-known scholars from both Latin America and the United States, the volume enhances understanding of these key themes, which are central to the future of democracy in Latin America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780199256389
• ISBN-10: 0199256381
• Artikelnr.: 22292740

Autorenporträt

Scott Mainwaring is Conley Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame Christopher Welna is Associate Director, Kellog Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame

Inhaltsangabe

* Conceptual and Theoretical Issues
* 1: Scott Mainwaring: Introduction: Democratic Accountability in Latin
America
* 2: Guillermo O'Donnell: Horizontal Accountability: The Legal
Institutionalization of Mistrust
* 3: Charles D. Kenny: Horizontal Accountability: Concepts and
Conflicts
* Legislatures, Executives, and Oversight Agencies
* 4: Erika Moreno, Brian F. Crisp, and Matthew Soberg Shugart: The
Accountability Deficit in Latin America
* 5: Scott Morgenstern and Luigi Manzetti: Legislative Oversight:
Interests and Institutions in the United States and Argentina
* 6: Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo: The Role of Congress as an Agency of
Horizontal Accountability: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience
* The Judiciary, the Public Prosecution Office, and Rule of Law
* 7: Maria Tereza Sadek and Rosangela Batista Cavalcanti: The New
Brazilian Public Prosecution: An Agent of Accountability
* 8: Michael Dodson and Donald W. Jackson: Horizontal Accountability
and the Rule of Law in Central America
* 9: Beatriz Magaloni: Authoritarianism, Democracy and the Supreme
Court: horizontal exchange and the rule of law in Mexico
* Societal Accountability
* 10: Catalina Smulovitz and Enrique Peruzzotti: Societal and
Horizontal Controls: Two Cases of a Fruitful Relationship