The Survival of Defective Democracies in the Andes

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

In recent years comparative research on democratization has shifted from a focus on defective democracies to hybrid regimes. The Andean region has been used to provide examples of both strategies. The papers in this panel, which form part of a larger book project, resist the temptation to stretch the concept of competitive authoritarianism, arguing that defective democracies remain the norm and have proven surprisingly resilient. While recognizing the danger of authoritarian reversals, they also point to difficulties institutionalizing non-democratic regimes; at the same time, the papers take note of serious defects in democracy that sustain the temptation to embrace authoritarianism.

Sub Track

• Political Institutions and Processes

Session Organizer

• Rebecca A Monnerat, University of British Columbia

Chair

• Santiago J Anria, Dickinson College

Discussant

• Maxwell A Cameron, University of British Columbia

Individual Presentations

• Chavismo’s Critical Juncture - Michael M McCarthy, George Washington University

• Ecuador After Rafael Correa’s Decade in Power - Grace M Jaramillo, University of British Columbia

• The Deficit of Active Citizenship in Peru: Contestation and Participation in an Electoral Oligarchy - Carmen Ilizarbe Pizarro, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

• Beyond Besieged Democracy in Colombia - Jan Boesten