End of Clientelism
This week the article The End of clientelism? strong and weak networks in a Mexican squatter movement, written by Claudio Holzner, reflected on the structures of political parties and the effects they had on specifically the poor population in Mexico….
Democracies without Political Parties?
This week’s reading was mostly focused on the relevance of political parties in democracies with a special historical emphasis on Peru around the Fujimori regime. Letvitsky and Cameron address the importance that the political party has in keeping a democracy…
Transition to Democracy
This week the readings mostly focused on how the Latin American governments were able to transition into a democratic form of government from their various authoritarian regimes. The readings explored the different aspects of how specific countries were able to…