From the Book - Fourth edition.
Introduction : new issues in democratic governance / Michael Shifter
Constitutional rewrites in Latin America, 1987-2009 / Javier Corrales
Mass media and politics in Latin America / Taylor C. Boas
Security challenges for Latin American democratic governance / Lucía Dammert
Natural resources boom and institutional curses in the new political economy of South America / Sebastián Mazzuca
Argentina : democratic consolidation, partisan dealignment, and institutional weakness / Ernesto Calvo and María Victoria Murillo
Bolivia : keeping the coalition together / George Gray Molina
Brazil : democracy in the PT era / David Samuels
Chile : beyond transitional models of politics / Peter M. Siavelis
Colombia : democratic governance amidst an armed conflict / Eduardo Posada-Carbó
Mexico : democratic advances and limitations / Shannon O'Neil
Peru : the challenges of a democracy without parties / Steven Levitsky
Venezuela : political governance and regime change by electoral means / Ángel E. Álvarez
Conclusion : early twenty-first century democratic governance in Latin America / Jorge I. Domínguez.
