Democratic Accountability in Latin America

by Mainwaring, Scott; Welna, Christoper

• ISBN13: 9780199256389
• ISBN10: 0199256381
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This volume on democratic accountability addresses one of the burning issues on the agenda of policy makers and citizens in contemporary Latin America: how democratic leaders in Latin America can improve accountability while simultaneously promoting governmental effectiveness. Written by well-known scholars from both Latin America and the United States, the volume enhances understanding of these key themes, which are central to the future of democracy in Latin America.

Author Biography

Scott Mainwaring is Conley Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame Christopher Welna is Associate Director, Kellog Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	x
Notes on Contributors	xi
PART I. CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ISSUES	1	(76)
1. Introduction: Democratic Accountability in Latin America
Scott Mainwaring	3	(31)
2. Horizontal Accountability: The Legal Institutionalization of Mistrust
Guillermo O'Donnell	34	(21)
3. Horizontal Accountability: Concepts and Conflicts
Charles D. Kenney	55	(22)
PART II. LEGISLATURES, EXECUTIVES, AND OVERSIGHT AGENCIES	77	(122)
4. The Accountability Deficit in Latin America
Erika Moreno, Brian F. Crisp and Matthew Soberg Shugart	79	(53)
5. Legislative Oversight: Interests and Institutions in the United States and Argentina
Scott Morgenstern and Luigi Manzetti	132	(38)
6. The Role of Congress as an Agency of Horizontal Accountability: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience
Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo	170	(29)
PART III. THE JUDICIARY, THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE, AND RULE OF LAW	199	(108)
7. The New Brazilian Public Prosecution: An Agent of Accountability
Maria Tereza Sadek and Rosângela Batista Cavalcanti	201	(27)
8. Horizontal Accountability and the Rule of Law in Central America
Michael Dodson and Donald W. Jackson	228	(38)
9. Authoritarianism, Democracy and the Supreme Court: Horizontal Exchange and the Rule of Law in Mexico
Beatriz Magaloni	266	(41)
PART IV. SOCIETAL ACCOUNTABILITY	307	(26)
10. Societal and Horizontal Controls: Two Cases of a Fruitful Relationship
Catalina Smulovitz and Enrique Peruzzotti	309	(24)
Index	333