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Book SynopsisEmergency Politics in the Third Wave of Democracy aims to make an important contribution to the study of emergency politics by offering an up-to-date study of how it works in practice. Specifically, it studies the uses given to the regime of exception mechanism in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru in the first decade of the 21st century and analyzes potential incompatibilities with the two pillars of democratic governability: efficiency and legitimacy.This book offers a thorough review of existing literature on emergency politics, offering conceptual clarification, identifying three types or paradigms of emergency politics (repressive, administrative, and disaster) and pointing to regimes of exception as a useful route to their study. It also provides an overview of emergency politics in Latin America throughout history, pointing to the predominance of regimes of exception and the repressive paradigm. The book describes the continuity of the repressive paradigm in Peruvian emergency politics
Trade ReviewEmergency Politics in the Third Wave of Democracy is a must-read for scholars interested in authoritarian legacies and democratization processes in Latin America. In this unique volume, Claire Wright offers an in-depth analysis of the different paths taken by regimes of exception in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru in the post-transition period, highlighting the ways in which they are at odds with democratic governability. Importantly, she also points to significant attempts to democratize these mechanisms in a brilliant way and offers a very useful series of best practices and recommendations. -- Manuel Alcántara Sáez, Universidad de Salamanca
An essential study for understanding the politics of emergency and regimes of exception in the 21st century. This important and scholarly work offers a rich conceptual discussion on the terminology and its distinctions, and explores through three Latin American case studies how emergency politics continue to be used with surprising frequency in a region regarded as in a phase of democratic consolidation. The book is an alert for students of politics generally to look more deeply at when and why emergency and exceptional measures are used in contemporary politics. -- Jenny Pearce, University of Bradford
This insightful volume expands our understanding of democracy and its discontents in the 21st century. Complementing legal analysis with historical and social context, Emergency Politics extends the framework of securitization from military threat to development and disasters. It is a valuable addition to an understudied dimension of Latin American political institutions, with global reach and policy relevance. -- Alison Brysk, University of California, Santa Barbara
Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Emergency Politics Concept Chapter 2 Regimes of Exception in Latin America Chapter 3 Peru: The Repressive Paradigm Chapter 4 Bolivia: The Disaster Paradigm Chapter 5 Ecuador: The Administrative Paradigm Chapter 6 Lessons Learned
