Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index.
Introduction: Latin American politics in the era of market reform / Carol Wise -- pt. 1. Postreform politics: voting, mobility, and citizenship. Elections and economics in contemporary Latin America / Karen L. Remmer -- Hardship and happiness: social mobility and public perceptions during market reforms / Carol Graham and Stefano Pettinato -- The new Latin American citizen: first world models, third wave products / Consuelo Cruz -- pt. 2. Competitive elections and postreform coalition building: Argentina and Chile. Prelude to disaster: weak reform, competitive politics in Argentina / Juan E. Corradi -- Taking the Concertación to task: second stage reforms and the 1999 presidential elections in Chile / Delia M. Boylan -- pt. 3. Politics in transition: Mexico and Brazil. Mexico's democratic transition: the search for new reform coalitions / Carol Wise -- Brazil's protracted transition to democracy and the market / Riordan Roett -- pt. 4. Party collapse amid market restructuring: Peru and Venezuela. The political constraints on market reform in Peru / Martín Tanaka -- Party system collapse amid market restructuring in Venezuela / Kenneth M. Roberts