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Democracy and Political Institutions in Latin America: Reconciling Approaches

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REFORMING THE STATE: MANAGERIAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN LATIN AMERICA. Edited by Pereira Luiz Carlos Bresser and Spink Peter. (Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner, 1999. Pp. 213. $55.00 cloth.)

STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX: FRAUD, ELECTORAL REFORM, AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN COSTA RICA. By Lehoucq Fabrice E. and Molina Iván. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. 294. $60.00 cloth.)

CONSERVATIVE PARTIES, THE RIGHT, AND DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA. Edited by Middlebrook Kevin J. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Pp. 391. $23.50 paper.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

Peter M. Siavelis*
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Wake Forest University
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