Devaluing the Vote in Latin America

Issue Date January 2001
Volume 12
Issue 1
Page Numbers 146-159
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Malapportionment poses a serious, yet hitherto neglected, challenge to the quality and fairness of democracy in many Latin American countries.

About the Authors

Richard Snyder

Richard Snyder is assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His books include Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico (2001).

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David Samuels

David Samuels, assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota, specializes in Latin American politics and the comparative study of political institutions, with particular emphasis on Brazilian politics, electoral systems, political parties, legislatures, and federalism.

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