Mandates and Democracy - Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America (Hardcover)

Does it matter when politicians ignore the promises they made and the preferences of their constituents? If politicians want to be reelected or see their party reelected at the end of their term, why would they impose unpopular policies? Susan Stokes explores these questions by developing a model of policy switches and then testing it with statistical and qualitative data from Latin American elections over the past two decades. She concludes that politicians may change policies because unpopular policies are best for constituents and hence also will best serve their own political ambitions.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Release date:	September 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Susan C. Stokes
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-80118-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	0-521-80118-4
Barcode:	9780521801188

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