Producing more effective governance is the greatest challenge that faces most Latin American democracies today - a challenge that involves not only strengthening democratic institutions but also increasing governmental effectiveness. Focusing on the post-1990 period, this volume addresses why some policies and some countries have been more successful than others in meeting this dual challenge. Two features of the volume stand out. First, whereas some analysts tend to generalize for Latin America as a whole, this group of authors underscores the striking differences of achievement among countries in the region and illustrates the importance of understanding these differences. The second feature is the range of expertise within the volume.
1 Measuring success in democratic governance by Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully and Jorge Vargas Cullell 11
2 Economic growth in Latin America : from the disappointment of the twentieth century to the challenges of the twenty-first by Jose De Gregorio 52
3 Does one size fit all in policy reform? : cross-national evidence and its implications for Latin America by Francisco Rodriguez 88
4 More market or more state for Latin America? : a reflection for the post-crisis by Alejandro Foxley 129
5 Successful social policy regimes? : political economy, politics, and social policy in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Costa Rica by Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens 155
6 Institutional design and judicial effectiveness : lessons from the prosecution of rights violations for democratic governance and the rule of law by Daniel M. Brinks 210
7 Political institutions, populism, and democracy in Latin America by Patricio Navia and Ignacio Walker 245
8 Democratic governance in Chile by Alan Angell 269
9 Limits to Costa Rican heterodoxy : what has changed in "paradise"? by Mitchell A. Seligson and Juliana Martinez Franzoni 307
10 Structural reform and governability : the Brazilian experience in the 1990s by Fernando Henrique Cardoso 338
11 Democratic governance in Latin America : eleven lessons from recent experience by Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully 365
12 Postscript : democratic governance in by Latin America and Jose Miguel Insulza 398
Index 405
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