Radical democracy in the Andes, Donna Lee Van Cott
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Radical democracy in the Andes, Donna Lee Van Cott
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eng
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non fiction
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Radical democracy in the Andes
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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817872109
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Donna Lee Van Cott
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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
Summary
After a decade in local office, are indigenous peoples' governments in the Andes fulfilling their promise to provide a more participatory, accountable, and deliberative form of democracy? Using current debates in democratic theory as a framework, Donna Lee Van Cott examines 10 examples of institutional innovation by indigenous party-controlled municipalities in Bolivia and Ecuador. In contrast to studies emphasizing the role of individuals and civil society, the findings underscore the contributions of leadership and political parties to promoting participation and deliberation - even at the local level. Democratic quality is more likely to improve where local actors initiate and design institutions. Van Cott concludes that indigenous parties' innovations have improved democratic quality in some respects, but that authoritarian tendencies endemic to Andean cultures and political organizations have limited their positive impact.--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction : the political and cultural origins of democratic institutional innovation -- The legal and political context for municipal reform in Bolivia and Ecuador -- Mayoral leadership and democratic institutional innovation -- Political parties, civil society, and democratic institutional innovation -- Institutional innovation in Ecuador -- Institutional innovation in Bolivia -- Conclusion : an interaction model of democratic institutional innovation
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