Democratic Accountability in Latin America [Paperback]

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.

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

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