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Citizenship Deficits In Latin American Democracies, Maxwell A. Cameron
Citizenship Deficits In Latin American Democracies, Maxwell A. Cameron
Maxwell Cameron
There is little evidence of a crisis of electoral democracy in Latin America, yet many of the region’s democratic regimes are unstable. Recently, Latin American democracies have been threatened more by the unconstitutional and illegal actions of democratically elected leaders than by attempted military coups or systematic electoral fraud. The separation of powers is sometimes violated in subtle ways that do not necessarily interrupt electoral democracy. Such threats have been inadequately theorized in the literature. Theorizing the separation of powers could help the international community to monitor the progress or erosion of democracy in the Western Hemisphere. The proposed agenda …
Peru's Ollanta Humala: The Rise And Limits Of A Left-Wing Political Outsider, Maxwell A. Cameron
Peru's Ollanta Humala: The Rise And Limits Of A Left-Wing Political Outsider, Maxwell A. Cameron
Maxwell Cameron
The unexpected rise of radical nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala in the Peruvian general election of 2006 took many observers by surprise. Despite winning a 31 percent plurality of the vote in the first round, however, Humala lost in the runoff, by a margin of 47 to 53 percent, to Alan García Pérez of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA). Since the early 1990s, Peru has been governed by a succession of political “outsiders,” a trend that has taken a heavy toll on the nation’s party system and democracy. The irruption of Humala, especially in the context of economic growth, demonstrated …