Democratic Accountability in Latin America

by Scott Mainwaring, Christoper Welna

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199256389
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/09/2003
Series:	Oxford Studies in Democratization
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	9.40(w) x 5.98(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Scott Mainwaring is Conley Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame Christopher Welna is Associate Director, Kellog Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame

Table of Contents

Conceptual and Theoretical Issues1. Introduction: Democratic Accountability in Latin America, Scott Mainwaring2. Horizontal Accountability: The Legal Institutionalization of Mistrust, Guillermo O'Donnell3. Horizontal Accountability: Concepts and Conflicts, Charles D. KenneyLegislatures, Executives, and Oversight Agencies4. The Accountability Deficit in Latin America, Erika Moreno, Brian F. Crisp, and Matthew Soberg Shugart5. Legislative Oversight: Interests and Institutions in the United States and Argentina, Scott Morgenstern and Luigi Manzetti6. The Role of Congress as an Agency of Horizontal Accountability: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience, Argelina Cheibub FigueiredoThe Judiciary, the Public Prosecution Office, and Rule of Law7. The New Brazilian Public Prosecution: An Agent of Accountability, Maria Tereza Sadek and Rosangela Batista Cavalcanti8. Horizontal Accountability and the Rule of Law in Central America, Michael Dodson and Donald W. Jackson9. Authoritarianism, Democracy and the Supreme Court: horizontal exchange and the rule of law in Mexico, Beatriz MagaloniSocietal Accountability10. Societal and Horizontal Controls: Two Cases of a Fruitful Relationship, Catalina Smulovitz and Enrique Peruzzotti

Editorial Reviews

Mainwaring and Welna's volume broadens the conceptual focus, addressing courts as only one of a group of political and societal actors which jointly provide accountability. The debates raised here, and the insight that the ongoing interaction between various institutions is essential to constructing accountability, will surely become a mainstay of the growing literature on accountability in Latin America. —Matthew M. Taylor, University of São Paulo

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