Author: Christopher Sabatini | Journal of Democracy

Christopher Sabatini is senior director of policy at the Americas Society and Council of the Americas, and has served as director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the National Endowment for Democracy.

October 2006, Volume 17, Issue 4

A “Left Turn” in Latin America? The Urgent Need for Labor Law Reform

Christopher Sabatini
Eric Farnsworth

Latin America must find a way to include its newly urbanized informal workers in more regular channels of economic and political participation. Updating outmoded labor laws is a key to accomplishing this task.

April 2003, Volume 14, Issue 2

Latin America’s Lost Illusions: Decentralization and Political Parties

Christopher Sabatini

Decentralization, heralded as a means of increasing state efficiency and improving representation, has fragmented Latin America’s already weak party systems

Latin America’s Struggle for Democracy

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond
Diego Abente-Brun

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