matter in Latin America in the last 30 years) were based on the idea of liberal democracy. First, all countries share a … language and culture as well as a geographic area in South America. Second, they joined the democratization process during the … third wave of democracy, which places them at a specific period in time. Third, each country has been experimenting with …

the private sector. The framework casts the democracy of devolution in terms of six criteria: inclusiveness …