Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Elections, Mandates, and Representation -- Neoliberalism by Surprise -- Spatial Models of Democracy and the Puzzle of Mandate Violations -- Rent-Seeking and the Impossibility of Mandates -- Taking Mandates Seriously -- Representation by Dissimulation? -- Summary -- A Look at What Follows -- 2 Elections and Economic Policy in Latin America -- Consistent Efficiency-Oriented Politicians -- Consistent Security-Oriented Politicians -- Vague Campaigns -- Security to Efficiency: Policy Switches -- Argentina -- Peru -- Venezuela -- Summary and Conclusions -- 3 Explaining Policy Switches -- Representatives and Rent-Seekers -- Politicians' Beliefs -- Private Financial Gain -- Campaign Contributions -- Shirking -- Ideological Commitments -- Ideological Commitments -- Voter Uncertainty -- Economic Outcomes -- Term Limits -- Majority Status -- Summary and Conclusion -- Appendix: Close Races and Victory of Security-Oriented Candidates -- Voter Uncertainty and Policy Switches -- Economic Outcomes -- Term Limits -- Majority Status -- 4 Are Parties What's Wrong with Democracy in Latin America? -- Parties and Democracy -- Parties Are Good for Democracy -- Parties Are Bad for Democracy -- Parties, Mandates, and Representation -- Parties as Overlapping Generations -- Parties as Extremist: The Law of Curvilinear Disparity -- Latin American Parties and Mandate Consistency -- Time, Volatility, and Mandates -- Age of Parties -- Volatility -- Years Since Transition -- Conclusions -- 5 Neoliberalism without Mandates -- Introduction -- Citizen Responses to Policy Switches -- Changing Calculi of Support -- Argentina -- Peru -- Venezuela -- Summary -- The Rise of a Mass Neoliberalism? -- Argentina -- Peru -- Venezuela -- Summary -- Discussion.

6 Mandates and Democratic Theory -- The Case Against Mandates -- Modifying the Case Against Mandates -- A Case for Mandates -- Candidates Send Signals of Their Intentions -- Voters Pay Attention to These Signals -- Governments Act Consistently with Their Campaign Pronouncements -- Ex Post Explanation -- Referendums -- 7 Summary, Predictions, Unsettled Questions -- What Causes Politicians to Abandon Mandates? -- The Effects of Mandate Violations -- Unsettled Questions -- Voters' Views of Policy Alternatives -- Politicians' Beliefs and Ideology -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.