Democracy and Institutional Change in Times of Crises in Latin America

IF 1.6 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE
R. Buben, Karel Kouba
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Latin American democracies have gone through a series of perfect storms over the recent years. In what ways have these challenges transformed the institutional infrastructure of democracy? How have institutional reforms impacted the democratic prospects? This review article analyzes four recent edited volumes that approach the problems of institutional change against the backdrop of the multiple crises unfolding throughout the region. It describes two modes through which the reforms of political institutions have had an ambivalent or outright negative effect on the quality of democracy, and assesses the resilience of political institutions. Arguing for a more prominent role of informal institutions and political parties in institutional analyses, the article suggests that changes in formal political institutions have had a limited impact vis-à-vis the profound changes in political cleavages, culture wars, swift changes in religious identities and the decline of political parties.
拉丁美洲危机时期的民主与体制变革
近年来,拉丁美洲民主国家经历了一系列完美风暴。这些挑战在哪些方面改变了民主的制度基础设施?制度改革对民主前景有何影响?这篇评论文章分析了最近编辑的四本专著,这些专著以整个地区正在发生的多重危机为背景,探讨了体制改革问题。文章描述了政治体制的改革对民主质量产生矛盾或直接负面影响的两种模式,并评估了政治体制的复原力。文章主张在机构分析中更加突出非正规机构和政党的作用,认为相对于政治分裂的深刻变化、文化战争、宗教身份的迅速变化以及政党的衰落,正规政治机构的变革影响有限。
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