Political Parties and Democracy

Con gran satisfacción les cuento que después de algún tiempo, salió por fin una importante publicación en la que tuve el gusto de participar: se trata de la serie "Political Parties and Democracy", coordinada por Kay Lawson. Acaban de aparecer los cinco volúmenes en donde se estudia la relación entre partidos y democracia en todo el mundo, sobre la base de estudios nacionales agrupados por regiones (son 46 capítulos naciones y 8 introducciones generales). Les dejo más información sobre la serie y sobre el volumen dedicado a las américas, donde está mi trabajo sobre Perú.

Political Parties and Democracy
Kay Lawson, General Editor
A set of five books containing 46 chapters and 8 introductions, all written by indigenous authors, to explain the history and current status of the relationship between parties and democracy in 46 nations.

Volume 1: The Americas
Kay Lawson and Jorge Lanzaro, Volume Editors
Volume 2: Europe
Kay Lawson, Volume Editor
Volume 3: Post Soviet and Asian Political Parties
Baogang He, Anatoly Kulik, and Kay Lawson, Volume Editors
Volume 4: Africa and Oceania
Luc Sindjoun, Marian Simms, and Kay Lawson Volume Editors
Volume 5: The Arab World
Saad Eddin Ibrahim and Kay Lawson, Volume Editors

Volume I: The Americas

Political Parties and Democracy: Volume I: The Americas is the first volume in this five volume set. It offers clearly written, up-to-date coverage of the political parties of this diverse region from the unique perspective of distinguished indigenous scholars who have lived the truths they tell and, thus, write with unique breadth, depth, and scope. Presented in two parts, this volume first studies political parties in the United States and Canada, with one chapter on each nation. It then discusses the realities on the ground in the Latin American nations of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Throughout, contributors explore the relationship between political parties and democracy (or democratization) in their respective nations, providing necessary historical, socioeconomic, and institutional context, and clarifying the balance of power among parties—and between them and competing agencies of power—today.

Volume 1: The Americas
Kay Lawson and Jorge Lanzaro, Volume Editors
Kay Lawson is professor emerita of political science at San Francisco State University. She is general editor of two series, including Praeger's Political Parties in Context.
Jorge Lanzaro is professor at the Instituto de Ciencia Política, Universidad de la República in Uruguay, of which he was founder and director.

Contents Page

Political Parties and Democracy: Three Stages of Power (Kay Lawson)

Introduction to Political Parties and Democracy: The Americas (Kay Lawson and Jorge Lanzaro)

I North America

1 Parties and Democracy in Canada: Regional Fragmentation, Institutional Inertia, and
Democratic Deficit (James Bickerton)
2 A Work in Progress: Parties and Democracy in the United States (Diana Dwyre)

II Latin America

3 Political Parties and Democracy in Argentina: 1983–2008 (Ana María Mustapic)
4 Enlargement of Democracy and Changes in the Bolivian Party System (Fernando Mayorga Ugarte)
5 Democracy in Brazil, 1985–2006: Moving toward Cartelization (Jairo Nicolau)
6 Political Parties in Chile: Stable Coalitions, Inert Democracy (Alfredo Joignant)
7 Political Parties and Democratization in Mexico: The Endless Chain of Electoral Reforms (Esperanza Palma)
8 How Does a Democracy with a Weak Party System Work?: The Peruvian Case (Martin Tanaka)
9 Uruguay: Persistence and Change in an Old Party Democracy (Jorge Lanzano)

Más información en:
http://www2.spbo.unibo.it/cps/downloads/Contents%20and%20Ordering.pdf
http://www.amazon.ca/Political-Parties-Democracy-5-Volumes/dp/027598706X