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While past conflicts are not erased by reforms, in the new order there is often greater potential for more responsible, accountable, and democratic government.

Trade Review
Timely, well-researched, and clearly written. -- Elisabeth Jay Friedman Political Science Quarterly A major contribution to the growing literature on political decentralisation and institutional reform in Latin America. Grindle's perceptive observations, excellent case studies, and sophisticated analysis have moved current debates forward. -- Eliza Willis Journal of Latin American Studies

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
Acknowlegments
Abbreviations
1. Audacious Reforms: Democratizing Latin America
2. Explaining the Unexpected
3. Institutional Invention in Venezuela: Legitimizing the System
4. New Rules of the Game: Consequeneces of Change in Venezuela
5. Political Engineering in Bolivia: The Law of Popular Participation
6. A New Conundrum: National-Local Politics in Bolivia
7. Practing Institional Change in Argentina
8. Waiting for Godot? Constitutional Change in Argentine Practice
9. Democratizing Reforms: Origins and Consequences
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Audacious Reforms

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 15 November 2000
      ISBN-13 9780801864216
      978-0801864216
      ISBN-10 0801864216
      Also in:
      Democracy Political science and theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      While past conflicts are not erased by reforms, in the new order there is often greater potential for more responsible, accountable, and democratic government.

      Trade Review
      Timely, well-researched, and clearly written. -- Elisabeth Jay Friedman Political Science Quarterly A major contribution to the growing literature on political decentralisation and institutional reform in Latin America. Grindle's perceptive observations, excellent case studies, and sophisticated analysis have moved current debates forward. -- Eliza Willis Journal of Latin American Studies

      Table of Contents

      List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
      Acknowlegments
      Abbreviations
      1. Audacious Reforms: Democratizing Latin America
      2. Explaining the Unexpected
      3. Institutional Invention in Venezuela: Legitimizing the System
      4. New Rules of the Game: Consequeneces of Change in Venezuela
      5. Political Engineering in Bolivia: The Law of Popular Participation
      6. A New Conundrum: National-Local Politics in Bolivia
      7. Practing Institional Change in Argentina
      8. Waiting for Godot? Constitutional Change in Argentine Practice
      9. Democratizing Reforms: Origins and Consequences
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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