The book presents a critical analysis of the contemporary
democratic state in Latin America. Following the repressive years
of authoritarianism and the economic hardships of the debt crisis,
much hope was vested in the democratic transitions of the 1980s and
1990s. However, democracy has not resolved the inherent problems of
the Latin American state. This is due to the fact that the
underlying features of the contemporary state remain associated
with values, social relations and institutional forms that reflect
the interests of elite social groups and are closely linked to
bureaucratic authoritarianism, particularly in the Southern Cone
countries of the continent: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
In a shift away from the more typical analyses of Latin American
political change during the 1990s, this book presents a more
state-centric perspective that seeks to explain why transitions to
democracy and trends towards better governance have failed to
provide more political and social stability in the continent.
Through a deeper analysis of underlying social relations and values
and how these manifest themselves through institutions, the state
is understood not purely as an institu
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