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The Crisis of Representation in the Andes

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ID6286507
AuthorsScott Mainwaring (0000-0003-2729-8049, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume17
Issue3
Pages13-27
Publication date2006-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2006.0048
OpenAlexW2030045447
LanguageEN
Citations received91
References cited5

Over the past fifteen years, disaffection with democracy, political parties, and legislatures has spread to an alarming degree in the five countries of the Andean region—Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. The region has seen an increase in poverty, income inequalities, and crime; job generation has been poor; economic growth has been sluggish; and there is a widespread perception that governmental corruption is rampant. States have failed to adequately address the needs of their populations, causing citizens to lose trust in parties and legislatures. The problem is not deficiencies in the formal mechanisms of representation but the failure of states to achieve effective results

Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Inequality · Language change · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Representation (politics · Sociology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Populism, Right-Wing Movements

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