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The Political Culture of Democracy in the Americas, 2014: Democratic Governance across 10 Years of the AmericasBarometer
Edited By: Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Ph.D. Director, Latin American Public Opinion Project Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Vanderbilt University
This study was performed with support from the Program in Democracy and Governance of the United States Agency for International Development. The opinions expressed in this study are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the point of view of the United States Agency for International Development.
December 2014
Table of Authors
Table of Authors Part I: Crime, Violence and Perceptions of State Capacity in the Americas Chapter 1:
Crime and Violence across the Americas By Nicole Hinton and Daniel Montalvo with Arturo Maldonado, Mason Moseley, and Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga
Chapter 2:
Safety and Security as Influences on Everyday Life By Arturo Maldonado and Mariana Rodríguez
Chapter 3:
Citizen Security, Evaluations of the State, and Policy Preferences By Matthew Layton and Mariana Rodríguez with Mason Moseley and Daniel ZizumboColunga
Part II: Governance, Political Engagement and Civil Society in the Americas Chapter 4:
Economic Development and Perceived Economic Performance in the Americas By Matthew M. Singer, Ryan E. Carlin, and Gregory J. Love
Chapter 5:
Corruption in the Americas By Matthew M. Singer, Ryan E. Carlin, and Gregory J. Love
Chapter 6:
Democracy, Performance, and Local Government in the Americas By Gregory J. Love, Ryan E. Carlin, and Matthew M. Singer
Chapter 7:
A Decade of Democratic Legitimacy in the Americas By Ryan E. Carlin, Gregory J. Love, and Matthew M. Singer
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Figures ............................................................................................................................ ix List of Maps .............................................................................................................................. xiii List of Tables ............................................................................................................................ xiii Preface ....................................................................................................................................... xv Prologue: Background to the Study ...................................................................................... xvii Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................... xxvii Introduction............................................................................................................................ xxxi Technical Note ..................................................................................................................... xxxvii Understanding Figures in this Study .................................................................................... xliii Part I: Crime, Violence and Perceptions of State Capacity in the Americas ........................ 1 Chapter 1. Crime and Violence across the Americas........................................................ 3 I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3 II. Background: The Prevalence of Crime and Violence in the Americas ......................... 5 Official Rates of Intentional Homicide, Robberies and Burglaries .................... 5 Public Opinion Data as an Important Source for Crime Statistics .................... 9 III. An Overview of Crime and Violence in the Minds of Citizens of the Americas ...... 11 IV. Experiences with Crime and Violence in the Americas: A View from the AmericasBa
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