Democratic Accountability in Latin America
Scott Mainwaring and Christoper Welna
Abstract
This book brings together studies on democratic accountability in Latin America by authors from different theoretical perspectives. It seeks to further understanding on the web of institutions that form the mechanisms of accountability, the interaction between these institutions, and interaction between electoral accountability, intrastate accountability, and societal oversight. The book is divided into four parts. Part I discusses conceptual and theoretical issues on accountability. Part II presents three chapters on legislatures, executives, and oversight agencies. Part III has three chapter ... More
This book brings together studies on democratic accountability in Latin America by authors from different theoretical perspectives. It seeks to further understanding on the web of institutions that form the mechanisms of accountability, the interaction between these institutions, and interaction between electoral accountability, intrastate accountability, and societal oversight. The book is divided into four parts. Part I discusses conceptual and theoretical issues on accountability. Part II presents three chapters on legislatures, executives, and oversight agencies. Part III has three chapters on the judiciary and related mechanisms of accountability. Part IV deals with innovations in oversight of public officials.
Keywords:
democratic accountability,
Latin America,
political accountability,
electoral accountability,
intrastate accountability,
oversight
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2003 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199256372 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2005 |
DOI:10.1093/0199256373.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Scott Mainwaring, editor
Conley Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
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Christoper Welna, editor
Associate Director of The Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
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