Political parties and democracy/
edited by Kay Lawson
- California: Praeger, 2010.
- 274p. 25cm.
Volume 1: The Americas --
Political parties and democracy: three stages of power / Kay Lawson -- Introduction to political parties and democracy: the Americas / Kay Lawson and Jorge Lanzaro --
Part 1: North America -- Chapter 1: Parties and democracy in Canada: regional fragmentation, institutional inertia, and democratic deficit / James Bickerton -- Chapter 2: Work in progress: parties and democracy in the United States / Diana Dwyre --
Part 2: Latin America -- Chapter 3: Political parties and democracy in Argentina: 1983-2008 / Ana Marķa Mustapic -- Chapter 4: Enlargement of democracy and changes in the Bolivian party system / Fernando Mayorga -- Chapter 5: Parties and democracy in Brazil, 1985-2006: moving toward Cartelization / Jairo Nicolau -- Chapter 6: Political parties in Chile: stable conditions, inert democracy / Alfredo Joignant -- Chapter 7: Political parties and democratization in Mexico: the endless chain of electoral reforms / Esperanza Palma -- Chapter 8: How does a democracy with a weak party system work? The Peruvian case / Martin Tanaka -- Chapter 9: Uruguay: persistence and change in an old party democracy / Jorge Lanzaro.