Intermediation and Representation in Latin America: Actors and Roles Beyond Elections

Preface Philip Oxhorn
1. Introduction. Beyond Elections: Representation Circuits and Political Intermediation Gisela Zaremberg, Adrian Gurza Lavalle and Valeria Guarneros-Meza
2. Political Intermediation and Public Policy in Brazil: Councils and Conferences in the Policy Spheres of Health and Women's Rights Wagner de Melo Romao, Adrian Gurza Lavalle and Gisela Zaremberg
3. Establishing Intermediaries in Developing Mechanisms of Citizen Participation in La Silsa, Caracas, Venezuela Graham Martin
4. Political Rights and Intermediation: Municipal Decentralization and Democratic Innovation in Uruguay Martin Freigedo Pelaez
5. Bolivia: "Social Control" as the Fourth State Power 1994-2015 Moira Zuazo
6. Citizen Security in Mexico: Examining Municipal Bureaucracy From the View of the Intermediation-Representation Debate Valeria Guarneros-Meza
7. Conflicts of Representation and Redistribution in the Mexican Labour World Graciela Bensusán and Marta Subinas
8. The Political-Legal Representation Circuit of Human Rights Politics Karina Ansolabehere and Paula Valle de Bethencourt
9. Conclusions and Future Research Agenda Gisela Zaremberg, Adrian Gurza Lavalle and Valeria Guarneros-Meza