Challenges to Democracy in the Andes: Strongmen, Broken Constitutions, and Regimes in Crisis
Event Start Date: January 13, 2023 4:00 PM
Event End Date: January 13, 2023 5:30 PM
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Challenges to Democracy in the Andes: Strongmen, Broken Constitutions, and Regimes in Crisis
book presentation by Maxwell Cameron & Grace Jaramillo
January 13, 2023 | 4:00 pm | Grinter 376
book presentation by Maxwell Cameron & Grace Jaramillo
discussants: Carlos de la Torre and Cristian Pérez Muñoz
Book synopsis
Although military coups are rare in the Andean countries, democracies remain prone to deep political crises caused by elected leaders (especially strongmen, or caudillos) who abuse their power―often with broad public approval. What explains this phenomenon?
The authors of Challenges to Democracy in the Andes propose answers to this question. Offering an analytical framework that disaggregates the components of democratic regimes, along with case studies and comparisons from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, they describe and explain political changes within the gray zone between democracy and authoritarianism.
About the authors
Maxwell A. Cameron is professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Grace M. Jaramillo is adjunct professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC.
Book contents
The Dilemmas of Democratization in the Andes―M.A. Cameron and G.M. Jaramillo.
Political Regimes: Components, Crises, and Change―M.A. Cameron.
Venezuela: From Democracy to Authoritarianism―M. McCarthy.
Bolivia: Paradoxes of Inclusion and Contestation―S. Anria and J. Cyr.
Ecuador: From Muerte Lenta to Democratic Renewal?―G.M. Jaramillo.
Peru: Democratic Erosion Under Neoliberalism―C. Ilizarbe.
Colombia: A Liberal Democracy Besieged―J. Boesten.
Enabling―and Impeding―the Rights of Indigenous Peoples―J. Tockman.
The Pandemic and Democratic Erosion―V. Hurtado and P. Sosa-Villagarcia.
Strongmen and the Dispute over Democracy―M.A. Cameron.