Mounting Pressures on the Rule of Law

Governability for Development and Democracy in Latin America
Herausgeber: Behrend, Jacqueline; Whitehead, Laurence

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an original perspective on the rule of law, development, and democracy in Latin America. With contributions from an international team of experts, the book outlines the main challenges in the pursuit of a developmental agenda in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032793542
• ISBN-10: 1032793546
• Artikelnr.: 71848958

Autorenporträt

Jacqueline Behrend is Professor of Comparative Politics at the School of Politics and Government of the Universidad Nacional de San Martin in Argentina, where she is also Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs, and a tenured Research Fellow at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) in Argentina. She holds a DPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on subnational comparative politics. She was president of the Red Eurolatinoamericana de Gobernabilidad para el Desarrollo (RedGob) in 2022-23. Laurence Whitehead is a senior research fellow at Nuffield College Oxford, and Chairman of the Board of the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies. He also edits Oxford University Press' book series on Democratization and succeeded Jacqueline Behrend as president of the Red Eurolatinoamericana de Gobernabilidad para el Desarrollo (RedGob) for 2023-24.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. The Rule of Law, Development and Democracy in Latin America:
Theory and Experience 2. Extending legal security in the Peruvian mining
sector: the formalisation of informal miners 3. Bureaucratic Bypass as a
Strategy in the Implementation of Public Policies. The Case of Industrial
Promotion in Argentina (1982-1992) 4. Environmental governance and
participation: mining and forest protection in Argentina 5. 'Old wine in
new Bottles': Technopopulism and the Challenges of Infrastructure Provision
in Latin America 6. Subnational Variations and the Rule of Law in
Argentina: Political Dynasties, Elite Turnover, and Supreme Court Oversight
7. The Effects of Warring and Civil Oligarchs on Colombia's Subnational
Democracy 8. After the stealth intervention: civil-military relations and
rule of law in post-Bolsonaro Brazil 9. National Referendums on Natural
Resources: Are They Effective for Conflict Resolution? 10. Prosecutors as
Rule of Law Gatekeepers in Contemporary Latin America: A Survey 11.
Mexico's New Fiscalía General de la República: Still Misfiring 12.
Confronting Extractivism: The Inter-American Human Rights System and
Indigenous Rights in Latin America 13. Sustainable Development and
Multilateral Development Banks: A Framework for Analyzing Sources of Norms
and Decision-Making in Global Governance 14. Unbundling Rules of Law at the
Peripheries of Latin American States 15. Latin American State Apparatuses
and the Rule of Law