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(s): Scott Mainwaring, Christoper Welna
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 360
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 11
Notes on Contributors......Page 12
PART I. CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ISSUES......Page 18
1. Introduction: Democratic Accountability in Latin America......Page 20
2. Horizontal Accountability: The Legal Institutionalization of Mistrust......Page 51
3. Horizontal Accountability: Concepts and Conflicts......Page 72
PART II. LEGISLATURES, EXECUTIVES, AND OVERSIGHT AGENCIES......Page 94
4. The Accountability Deficit in Latin America......Page 96
5. Legislative Oversight: Interests and Institutions in the United States and Argentina......Page 149
6. The Role of Congress as an Agency of Horizontal Accountability: Lessons from the Brazilian Experience......Page 187
PART III. THE JUDICIARY, THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION OFFICE, AND RULE OF LAW......Page 216
7. The New Brazilian Public Prosecution: An Agent of Accountability......Page 218
8. Horizontal Accountability and the Rule of Law in Central America......Page 245
9. Authoritarianism, Democracy and the Supreme Court: Horizontal Exchange and the Rule of Law in Mexico......Page 283
PART IV. SOCIETAL ACCOUNTABILITY......Page 324
10. Societal and Horizontal Controls: Two Cases of a Fruitful Relationship......Page 326
A......Page 350
B......Page 351
C......Page 352
F......Page 353
H......Page 354
L......Page 355
M......Page 356
P......Page 357
S......Page 358
V......Page 359
Z......Page 360
