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The Role of Courts and Constitutions in the New Politics of Welfare in Latin America
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Diffusion is no Illusion: Neighbor Emulation in the Third Wave of Democracy
(Comparative Political Studies, 2006)This article develops and tests a specific model of the role of diffusion as a determinant of the magnitude and direction of regime change, using a database covering the world from 1972 to 1996. The authors find that ... -
Classifying Political Regimes in Latin America, 1945-2004
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Classifying Political Regimes in Latin America, 1945-1999.
(Studies in Comparative International Development, 2001)This article is about how political regimes should generally be classified, and how Latin American regimes should be classified for the 1945-99 period. We make five general claims about regime classification. First, ... -
From legal poverty to legal agency: establishing the rule of law in Latin America.
(Organization of American States, 2009-03) -
Inequality, Institutions, and the Rule of Law: The social and institutional bases of rights.
(Kellogg Institute, 2008-08)This article elaborates and tests a theory connecting the high levels of inequality in many Latin American states to the failure to develop mechanisms to effectively protect and enforce formal rights enshrined in ... -
The Role of Courts and Constitutions in the New Politics of Welfare in Latin America.
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'A tale of two cities': The judiciary and the rule of law in Latin America
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Gradations of Democracy? Empirical Tests of Alternative Conceptualizations
(American Journal of Political Science, 2000-04)A group of influential scholars has argued emphatically that democracy should be measured dichotomously. This position challenges-on both theoretical and methodological grounds-the widespread practice of measuring democracy ...
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