Democracy and the Separation of Powers: Threats, Dilemmas, And Opportunities in Latin America (1). Democracy and the Separation of Powers: Threats, Dilemmas, And Opportunities in Latin America (1).

Democracy and the Separation of Powers: Threats, Dilemmas, And Opportunities in Latin America (1)‪.‬

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2002, Jan, 27, 53

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Abstract. The quality of Latin American democracy is threatened by elected presidents who concentrate power in the executive branch of government, the political influence of the armed forces, the weakness of the rule of law and judicial independence, the erosion of parties and representative institutions, and the persistence of long-standing patterns of violence and social exclusion. These threats largely arise from the tension--especially acute in Latin America due to certain structural, cultural, and institutional conditions--between the separation of powers and democracy. Although the post-Cold War international environment contributed to the prevention of a return to authoritarian rule, efforts by the international community to promote and defend democracy are constrained by the impossibility of fostering respect for the separation of powers without impinging upon national sovereignty. The global war on terrorism will diminish the will to question domestic practices that violate democracy while encouraging the expansion of executive power throughout the Americas. Resume. La qualite de la democratie latino-americaine se trouve menacee par le fait que les presidents elus cherchent a concentrer le pouvoir au sein de la branche executive de l'Etat, ainsi que par l'influence politique croissante des forces armees, la faiblesse de l'autorite de la loi et de l'independance judiciaire, l'erosion des partis politiques et des assemblees representatives, et la pratique endemique de la violence et de l'exclusion sociale. De telles menaces resultent en grande partie de la tension--particulierement vive en Amerique latine a cause de certaines conditions structurelles, culturelles, et institutionnelles--entre la separation des pouvoirs et la democratie. Bien que le climat international d'apres la Guerre froide ait contribue a empecher le retour a l'autoritarisme, les efforts entrepris par la communaute internationale pour l'instauration et la defense de la democratie ont ete restreints par l'impossibilite de favoriser le respect de la separation des pouvoirs sans porter atteinte au principe de la souverainete nationale. Il est probable que la guerre mondiale contre le terrorisme se traduira par une moindre volonte de critiquer certaines pratiques nationales qui violent la democratie, favorisant ainsi l'expansion du pouvoir executif a travers tous les pays d'Amerique latine.

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History
RELEASED
2002
January 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
39
Pages
PUBLISHER
Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
SELLER
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
SIZE
264.1
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