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A review of Democracy in the Americas: Stopping the Pendulum, edited by Robert A. Pastor.
Susan Kaufman Purcell is vice-president for Latin American affairs at the Americas Society in New York.
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Volume 32, Issue 3
Recent high-profile scandals have laid bare persistent shortcomings of Latin American democracy that, if unaddressed, could prove fatal.
Volume 27, Issue 1
A change in the shape of partisan competition, and the traditional parties’ ability to adapt to it, has led to the decline of once-pervasive clientelism.
Volume 13, Issue 3
The November elections were peaceful and competitive. For the third straight time, voters chose a conservative who embraced democratic liberties.
