Democracy and the separation of powers: threats, dilemmas, and opportunities in Latin America

From: Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Introduction

Latin America has made uneven but significant progress toward establishing democratic political systems in recent decades, and the democracies that have emerged, although imperfect, have endured major economic and social stresses.(2) It is too early to assume that the oscillations between democracy and authoritarianism that typified the region during much of the twentieth century have come to a rest, but elections have become the near-universal means of political succession, and for the most part they are free and fair. Even so, the optimism that accompanied transitions to ...

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