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Deepening Local Democracy in Latin AmericaParticipation, Decentralization, and the Left\nAuthor(s): Benjamin Goldfrank\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271037950, 978-0271037950\nSynopsis\nThe resurgence of the Left in Latin America over the past decade has been so notable that it has been called the Pink Tide. In recent years, regimes with leftist leaders have risen to power in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Venezuela. What does this trend portend for the deepening of democracy in the region? Benjamin Goldfrank has been studying the development of participatory democracy in Latin America for many years, and this book represents the culmination of his empirical investigations in Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In order to understand why participatory democracy has succeeded better in some countries than in others, he examines t.