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Mandates and democracy : = neoliberalism by surprise in Latin America /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Mandates and democracy :/ Susan C. Stokes.
Reminder of title:	neoliberalism by surprise in Latin America /
remainder title:	Mandates & Democracy
Author:	Stokes, Susan Carol,
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 220 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Democracy - Latin America. -
Subject:	Latin America - Economic conditions. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511612978
ISBN:	9780511612978 (ebook)

Mandates and democracy : = neoliberalism by surprise in Latin America /
Stokes, Susan Carol,

Mandates and democracy :neoliberalism by surprise in Latin America /Mandates & DemocracySusan C. Stokes. - 1 online resource (xiii, 220 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in comparative politics. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Sometimes politicians run for office promising one set of policies, and if they win, switch to very different ones. Latin American presidents in recent years have frequently run promising to avoid pro-market reforms and harsh economic adjustment, then win and transform immediately into enthusiastic market reformers. Does it matter when politicians ignore the promises they made and the preferences of their constituents? If politicians want to be reelected or see their party reelected at the end of their term, why would they impose unpopular policies? Susan Stokes develops a model of policy switches and tests it with statistical and qualitative data from Latin American elections over the last two decades. She concludes that politicians may change policies because unpopular policies are best for constituents and best serve their own political ambitions. Nevertheless, even though good representatives sometimes switch policies, abrupt change tends to erode the quality of democracy.

ISBN: 9780511612978 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

572742
Democracy
--Latin America.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

564393
Latin America
--Economic conditions.

LC Class. No.: JL966 / .S76 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 320/.6/098

Mandates and democracy : = neoliberalism by surprise in Latin America /
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