Issues in Democratic Consolidation

Since 1974 there has been an unprecedented wave of democratisation in the world. This trend has been particularly extensive in South America. But the problems confronting these new democracies are staggering, and the prospect for building consolidated democratic regimes are far from uniformly good. [...]
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Since 1974 there has been an unprecedented wave of democratisation in the world. This trend has been particularly extensive in South America. But the problems confronting these new democracies are staggering, and the prospect for building consolidated democratic regimes are far from uniformly good. Focusing primarily on recent South American cases, "Issues in Democratic Consolidation" examines some of the difficulties of constructing consolidated democracies and provides a critical examination of the major issues involved.