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Latin America has made progress toward more open and democratic political systems over the last three decades, but the quality and performance of democratic institutions remain uneven (O’Donnell et al., 2003; Dagnino et al., 2006; Organización de Estados Americanos, Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, 2010). In one respect, however, Latin America is emerging as a pioneer: there has been an explosion in democratic participation. Citizens have begun to demand more say in the decisions that affect them directly. One consequence has been a wide range of participatory innovations designed to reinforce the option of “voice” (as opposed to “loyalty” or “exit,” in Hirschman’s [1970] argot).
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Cameron, M.A., Sharpe, K.E. (2012). Institutionalized Voice in Latin American Democracies. In: Cameron, M.A., Hershberg, E., Sharpe, K.E. (eds) New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137270580_10
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