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Democracy in Latin America: Individuals in Institutional Contexts

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ORGANIZED BUSINESS, ECONOMIC CHANGE, AND DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA. Edited by DurandFrancisco and SilvaEduardo. (Miami, Fla.: North-South Center Press at the University of Miami, 1998. Pp. 297. $23.95 paper.)

PRESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICS: COMPARING REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS. Edited by MettenheimKurt von. (Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Pp. 303. $45.00 cloth, $15.95 paper.)

PRESIDENTIALISM AND DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA. Edited by MainwaringScott P. and ShugartMatthew Soberg. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. 493. $64.95 cloth, $22.95 paper.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Brian F. Crisp
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
María C. Escobar-Lemmon
Affiliation:
Texas A&M University
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Copyright © 2001 by the University of Texas Press

Footnotes

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The authors would like to thank Kurt Weyland for his comments on an earlier draft of this review essay.

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