{"product_id":"precarious-democracies-understanding-regime-stability-and-change-in-colombia-and-venezuela-kellogg-institute-series-on-democracy-and-development-0268022267","title":"Precarious Democracies: Understanding Regime Stability and Change in Colombia and Venezuela (Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0268022267\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bejarano, Ana Maria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy has democracy in Colombia and Venezuela evolved in very different directions? In Precarious Democracies, Ana Maria Bejarano provides a comparative historical analysis of how the democratic regimes in these two countries have diverged, following similar transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy in the late 1950s.Rather than focusing on resource-driven explanations, such as the role of oil in Venezuela and coffee in Colombia, or on short-term elite choices and calculations, Bejarano argues that democratic development in Colombia and Venezuela is best understood from a vantage point that privileges political history, especially the history of institutional evolution. The book makes the case that a comparative historical institutional framework-focused both on institutional legacies from the distant past (such as the state and political parties) and on those from more recent critical junctures (the foundational pacts)-provides the best lens to account for the divergent trajectories followed by democratic regimes in Colombia and Venezuela in the second half of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51700924154144,"sku":"NEW0268022267","price":31.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81F7aNIzh6L.jpg?v=1779386729","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/precarious-democracies-understanding-regime-stability-and-change-in-colombia-and-venezuela-kellogg-institute-series-on-democracy-and-development-0268022267","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}