{"product_id":"democracy-in-latin-america-between-hope-and-despair-paperback","title":"Democracy in Latin America: Between Hope and Despair - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIgnacio Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eScott Mainwaring\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009, Ignacio Walker--scholar, politician, and one of Latin America's leading public intellectuals--published \u003ci\u003eLa Democracia en América Latina\u003c\/i\u003e. Now available in English, with a new prologue, and significantly revised and updated for an English-speaking audience, \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in Latin America: Between Hope and Despair\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to the necessary and urgent task of exploring both the possibilities and difficulties of establishing a stable democracy in Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalker argues that, throughout the past century, Latin American history has been marked by the search for responses or alternatives to the crisis of oligarchic rule and the struggle to replace the oligarchic order with a democratic one. After reviewing some of the principal theories of democracy based on an analysis of the interactions of political, economic, and social factors, Walker maintains that it is primarily the actors, institutions, and public policies--not structural determinants--that create progress or regression in Latin American democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIgnacio Walker is a Chilean senior scholar of political science and a practicing politician. He is currently serving as a senator of the Republic of Chile and as president of the Christian Democratic Party.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e IndieFab awards (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107467530320,"sku":"9780268019723","price":75.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/SEd5eVVqR205MjRqQkRzbE9TT2poZz09.webp?v=1772369861","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/democracy-in-latin-america-between-hope-and-despair-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}