Toward the reconstruction of democracy

The following books are reviewed: 1. Democracy in Latin America; Patterns and Cycles, edited by Roderic Ai Camp, 2. Unsettling Statecraft; Democracy and Neoliberalism in the Central Andes, by Catherine M. Conaghan and James M. Malloy, 3. Institutional Design in New Democracies; Eastern Europe and Latin America, edited by Arend Lijphart and Carlos H. Waisman, 4. Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation; Southern Europe, South America and Post-Communist Europe, by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan, and 5.Democratization in the South, The Jagged Wave, edited by Robin Luckham and Gordon White.