Political Structures And Democracy In Uruguay

Author : Luis E. González
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015024998810

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Political Structures and Democracy in Uruguay by Luis E. González Pdf

This book analyzes the nature and development of democracy in Uruguay, and reflects upon the future prospects of Uruguayan democracy. It looks above all at political institutions - the electoral system, the party system, and the composition of executive power - and how they have shaped politics in this small nation that for decades stood out as one of the two most established democracies in the Third World. It provides an examination of the 1980s, and gives background information on earlier periods of Uruguayan democracy.

Author : Martin Weinstein
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1988-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013120285

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Uruguay by Martin Weinstein Pdf

This concise introduction to Uruguay examines the country's social, economic & political life to determine how it could fall into stagnation & dictatorship and then regain its constitutional democracy.

Author : Charles Gillespie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173018724785

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The Breakdown of Democracy in Uruguay by Charles Gillespie Pdf

Author : Alfredo Joignant,Mauricio Morales,Claudio Fuentes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137599551

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Malaise in Representation in Latin American Countries by Alfredo Joignant,Mauricio Morales,Claudio Fuentes Pdf

This edited volume examines malaise with democracy within three middle-income Latin American countries - Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. In particular, the book focuses on the gap within public opinion on democratic system within the context of crisis of representation and breakdowns of democracy. Based on a study using comparative and systematic survey data, the contributors of this volume provide a solid analysis on the state of democracy in three Latin American countries, whose lessons are useful for all types of democracy, in the north and the south.

Author : Rex A. Hudson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1484970403

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Uruguay by Rex A. Hudson Pdf

This volume is one in a continuing series of book prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. The last page of this book lists the other published studies. Most books in the series deal with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institution, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the way they are shaped by cultural factors. Each study is written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists. The authors seek to provide a basic understanding of the observed society, striving for a dynamic rather than a static portrayal. Particular attention is devoted to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, their common interests and the issues on which they are divided, the nature and extent of their involvement with national institutions, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order. The books represent the analysis of the authors and should not be construed as an expression of an official United States government position, policy, or decision. The authors have sought to adhere to accepted standards of scholarly objectivity.

Author : Alejandro Olivares L.
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030928025

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Survival of Ministers and Configuration of Cabinets in Chile and Uruguay by Alejandro Olivares L. Pdf

This book develops an analysis of ministerial recruitment in the process of government formation, the process of dismissal, and survival of cabinet ministers in Chile and Uruguay. The two cases are countries that, generally, score the highest democracy indexes in Latin America, but also, they are considered as the most stable presidential systems in the Southern Cone of the region, allowing readers to compare within and between cases. The cases analyzed in this book are small countries with a similar history of democratic breakdowns which, in temporal terms, enable comparison. Additionally, given the reasons that triggered those processes, both cases are normally studied together. For pre-coup democracy, the cases include the governments of Chile between 1933 and 1973 and Uruguay between 1943 and 1973. This research does not analyze the military coup regime in either country. Thus, the period is resumed in the democratic transitions for both cases, i.e., 1985 for Uruguay and 1990 for Chile. Although literature on ministerial cabinets survival usually focus on parliamentary regimes from the Global North, this rather new phenomenon in presidential democracies has quickly gained academic notoriety. Research on cabinets and ministers in Latin American presidential systems tends to focus on the periods beginning with the return to democracy after the 1980s. This situation means that there is scant knowledge of the period prior to the coups. By presenting an in-depth study of two presidential systems from the Global South, Survival of Ministers and Configuration of Cabinets in Chile and Uruguay, will be a useful resource for political and social scientists willing to study cabinet formation and ministerial turnover in Latin America, whether is on case-study research or in a comparative perspective.

Author : Philip Bates Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Uruguay
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023476707

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Government and Politics of Uruguay by Philip Bates Taylor Pdf

Author : María José Álvarez-Rivadulla
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319545349

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Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay by María José Álvarez-Rivadulla Pdf

This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. It focuses on the effects of democratization on the mobilization of the poorest as well as on the role played by different types of brokers, from radical Catholic priests to local leaders embedded in political networks. Through a multi-method endeavour that combines ethnography, historical sources, and quantitative time series, the author reconstructs the history of the informal city since the late 1940s to the present. From a social movements/contentious politics perspective, the book challenges the assumption that socioeconomic factors such as poverty were the only causes triggering land squatting.

Author : Saúl Sosnowski,Louise B. Popkin
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0822312689

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Repression, Exile, and Democracy by Saúl Sosnowski,Louise B. Popkin Pdf

Repression, Exile, and Democracy, translated from the Spanish, is the first work to examine the impact of dictatorship on Uruguyan culture. Some of Uruguay's best-known poets, writers of fiction, playwrights, literary critics and social scientists participate in this multidisciplinary study, analyzing how varying cultural expressions have been affected by conditions of censorship, exile and "insilio" (internal exile), torture, and death. The first section provides a context for the volume, with its analyses of the historical, political, and social aspects of the Uruguayan experience. The following chapters explore various aspects of cultural production, including personal experiences of exile and imprisonment, popular music, censorship, literary criticism, return from exile, and the role that culture plays in redemocratization. This book's appeal extends well beyond the study of Uruguay to scholars and students of the history and culture of other Latin American nations, as well as to fields of comparative literature and politics in general. Contributors. Hugo Achugar, Alvarro Barros-Lémez, Lisa Block de Behar, Amanda Berenguer, Hiber Conteris, José Pedro Díaz, Eduardo Galeano, Edy Kaufman, Leo Masliah, Carina Perelli, Teresa Porzecanski, Juan Rial, Mauricio Rosencof, Jorge Ruffinelli, Saúl Sosonowski, Martin Weinstein, Ruben Yáñez

Author : Fernando López-Alves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016005949

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Between the Economy and the Polity in the River Plate by Fernando López-Alves Pdf

Author : Alexandra Barahona de Brito
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Chile
ISBN : OCLC:49863870

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Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America by Alexandra Barahona de Brito Pdf

Author : Magda Hinojosa,Miki Caul Kittilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780197526958

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Seeing Women, Strengthening Democracy by Magda Hinojosa,Miki Caul Kittilson Pdf

Under what conditions do citizens most effectively connect to the democratic process? We tend to think that factors like education, income, and workforce participation are most important, but research has shown that they exert less influence than expected when it comes to women's attitudes and engagement. Scholars have begun to look more closely at how political context affects engagement. This book asks how contexts promote women's interest and connection to democracy, and it looks to Latin America for answers. The region provides a good test case as the institution of gender quotas has led to more recent and dramatic increases in women's political representation. Specifically, Magda Hinojosa and Miki Caul Kittilson argue that the election of women to political office--particularly where women's presence is highly visible to the public--strengthens the connections between women and the democratic process. For women, seeing more "people like me" in politics changes attitudes and orientations toward government and politics. The authors untangle the effects of gender quotas and the subsequent rise in women's share of elected positions, finding that the latter exerts greater impact on women's connections to the democratic process. Women citizens are more knowledgeable, interested, and efficacious when they see women holding elected office. They also express more trust in government and in political institutions and greater satisfaction with democracy when they see more women in politics. The authors look at comparative data from across Latin America, but focus on an in-depth case study of Uruguay. Here, the authors find that gender gaps in political engagement declined significantly after a doubling of women's representation in the Senate. The authors therefore argue that far-reaching gender gaps can be overcome by more equitable representation in our political institutions.

Author : Pérez Bentancur Pérez,Verónica Pérez Bentancur,Rafael Piñeiro,Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez,Fernando Rosenblatt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108485265

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How Party Activism Survives by Pérez Bentancur Pérez,Verónica Pérez Bentancur,Rafael Piñeiro,Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez,Fernando Rosenblatt Pdf

Explores the value of an organization-centered approach to understanding parties and their role in democratic representation.

Author : Felipe Monestier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031461651

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Economic Elites, Political Parties and the Electoral Arena by Felipe Monestier Pdf

This book delves into the intricate dynamics between economic elites and the political party system in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, particularly during their democratization phases in the twentieth century. It introduces a novel framework for comprehending the diverse political strategies adopted by these countries’ economic elites during this critical period. The central premise of this book is that the interplay between the cohesion of economic elites and the mobilization of popular sectors at specific historical junctures profoundly influences the nature of elite political involvement. While existing literature has extensively discussed the strategies employed by economic elites to safeguard their interests, this book takes a fresh approach by considering three primary configurations of relationships between economic elites and political parties. It explores cases where economic elites are the primary constituency of parties they have founded, as well as instances where upper-class interests are predominantly defended outside the party system through mechanisms such as the armed forces, pressure groups, and lobbying. Additionally, it examines scenarios where economic elites align themselves with parties boasting a polyclass constituency, exerting limited influence over these parties. This book goes beyond traditional analyses by proposing a theory that elucidates how the interaction between elite cohesion and popular sector mobilization determines the specific forms of elite political involvement. It also charts the historical sequences of this process, emphasizing the evolution of the causal relationship over time. To illustrate this theory, the book employs a comparative historical analysis, scrutinizing the three aforementioned cases to identify factors that account for the different forms of economic elite political participation. It discerns that the level of cohesion among economic elites and the degree of mobilization among popular sectors are pivotal factors shaping elite-party relationships.

Author : Scott Mainwaring
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429977770

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Politics, Society, And Democracy Latin America by Scott Mainwaring Pdf

This is the third of four volumes compiled in honor of Juan J. Linz and edited by H. E. Chehabi, Richard Gunther, Alfred Stepan, and Arturo Valenzuela. Each volume presents original research and theoretical essays by Linz's distinguished collaborators, students, teachers, and friends, as well as overviews of his enormous contributions to Spanish and Latin American studies, comparative politics, and sociology.In Volume III, leading Latin American scholars evaluate Juan Linz's contribution to the study of Latin American politics, in particular his influence on studies dealing with authoritarianism, democratic breakdown, public opinion, regime transition, and the institutional conditions needed for stable democracy.