Citizen Views of Democracy in Latin America (Pitt Latin American Series)

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When Americans and Latin Americans talk about democracy, are they imagining the similar thing? For years, researchers have suspected that fundamental differences exist between how North Americans view and appraise the concept that of democracy and how Latin Americans view the similar term. These differences in an instant impact the evolution of democratization and political liberalization in the countries of the region, and understanding them has tremendous consequences for U.S.-Latin American relations. But until now there was no hard data to make the definition of democracy visible, and thus in a position to be interpreted. This book, the culmination of a monumental survey project, is the first attempt to take action. Camp headed a research team that in 1998 surveyed 1,200 citizens in three countries – three distinct cases of democratic transition. Costa Rica is alleged to be the most democratic in Latin The united states; Mexico is a country in transition toward democracy; Chile is returning to democracy after decades of severe repression. The survey was once carefully designed to show how the average citizen in every of these nations understands democracy. In Citizen Views of Democracy in Latin The united states, ten leading s

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