Audacious reforms institutional invention and democracy in Latin America - Grindle, Merilee Serrill; ebrary, Inc. (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000)
1. Audacious reforms : democratizing Latin America -- 2. Explaining the unexpected -- 3. Institutional invention in Venezuela : legitimizing the system -- 4. New rules of the game : consequences of change in Venezuela -- 5. Political engineering in Bolivia : the law for popular participation -- 6. A new conundrum : national-local politics in Bolivia -- 7. Pacting institutional change in Argentina -- 8. Waiting for Godot? constitutional change in Argentine practice -- 9. Democratizing reforms : origins and consequences.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Local elections -- Latin America -- Case studies; Decentralization in government -- Latin America -- Case studies; Central-local government relations -- Latin America -- Case studies; Democracy -- Latin America -- Case studies; Political participation -- Latin America -- Case studies; Electronic books