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Enforcing the Rule of Law: Social Accountability in the New Latin American Democracies
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Latin American Politics and Society
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Ackerman, John M
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Enrique Peruzzotti and Catalina Smulovitz, eds., Enforcing the Rule of Law: Social Accountability in the New Latin American Democracies. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006. Tables, figures, abbreviations, bibliography, index, 376 pp.; paperback $29.95.
Latin America's new democracies are in desperate need of a jump-start. The arrival of competitive electoral politics has led not to a leap forward but to a frustrating stall in the middle of a deserted highway. Poverty, inequality, corruption, and the systematic violation of human rights endure, and the shadow of "delegative democracy" looms larger every day. Peruzzotti and Smulovitz propose a healthy dose of raucous social ...