The Inclusionary Turn in Latin American Democracies

Diana Kapiszewski, Steven Levitsky, Deborah J. Yashar

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781108842044
• eBook ISBN: 9781108902212
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Latin American states took dramatic steps toward greater inclusion during the late twentieth and early twenty-first Centuries. Bringing together an accomplished group of scholars, this volume examines this shift by introducing three dimensions of inclusion: official recognition of historically excluded groups, access to policymaking, and resource redistribution. Tracing the movement along these dimensions since the 1990s, the editors argue that the endurance of democratic politics, combined with longstanding social inequalities, create the impetus for inclusionary reforms. Diverse chapters explore how factors such as the role of partisanship and electoral clientelism, constitutional design, state capacity, social protest, populism, commodity rents, international diffusion, and historical legacies encouraged or inhibited inclusionary reform during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Featuring original empirical evidence and a strong theoretical framework, the book considers cross-national variation, delves into the surprising paradoxes of inclusion, and identifies the obstacles hindering further fundamental change.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Prologue: Structuring and Restructuring Arenas of Participation
• 1 Inequality, Democracy, and the Inclusionary Turn in Latin America
• Part I Extending Social Policy and Participation
• Part II Inclusion and Partisan Representation
• Part III New Party-Society Linkages
• Part IV Inclusion, Populism, and Democracy