Bokliste:
- Drake, Paul W. Between Tyranny and Anarchy. A History of Democracy in Latin America 1800-2006. Stanford, Ca: Stanford University Press, 2009.
- M?ller/Skaaning. Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective: Conceptions, Conjunctures, Causes, and Consequences, Routledge, 2013.
- Smith, Peter H. Democracy in Latin America. Political Change in Comparative Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005 (Studentene kan ogs? benytte andre utgave fra 2011).
I tillegg f?lgende artikler og bokkapitler som er tilgjengelige digitalt:
- Bermeo, Nancy. Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times. The Citizenry and the Breakdown of Democracy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. kap 1.
- Collier, David. "Industrial Modernization and Political Change: A Latin American Perspective." World Politics 30, no. 4 (1978): 593-614.
- Hochstetler, Kathryn. "Rethinking Presidentialism: Challenges and Presidential Falls in South America." Comparative Politics 38, no. 4 (July 2006): 401-18.
- Huber, E., D. Rueschemeyer, and J. D. Stephens. "The Impact of Economic-Development on Democracy." Journal of Economic Perspectives 7, no. 3 (Sum 1993): 71-86.
- Linz, Juan J. The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Crisis, Breakdown & Reequilibration. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. 14-50
- Linz, Juan J. "The Perils of Presidentialism." Journal of Democracy 1, no. 1 (1990): 51-69.
- Marsteintredet, Leiv, and Einar Berntzen. "Reducing the Perils of Presidentialism in Latin America through Presidential Interruptions.". Comparative Politics 41, no. 1 (October 2008): 83-101.
- O'Donnell, Guillermo. "Delegative Democracy." Journal of Democracy 5, no. 1 (January 1994): 55-69.
- Peruzzotti, Enrique. "The Nature of the New Argentine Democracy. The Delegative Democracy Argument Revisited." Journal of Latin American Studies 33, no. 1 (2001): 133-55.
- Schmitter, Philippe C., and Terry Lynn Karl. "What Democracy Is...And Is Not." Journal of Democracy 2 (1991): 75-88.
- Valenzuela, J. Samuel, and Arturo Valenzuela. "Modernization and Dependency: Alternative Perspectives in the Study of Latin American Underdevelopment." Comparative Politics 10, no. 4 (1978): 535-57.
- Wiarda, Howard J. "Introduction. Whatever Happened to Corporatism and Authoritarianism in Latin America?". In Authoritarianism and Corporatism in Latin America - Revisited, edited by Howard J. Wiarda, 1-26. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004.
Anbefalt tilleggslitteratur:
- Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, and Enzo Faletto. Dependency and Development in Latin America. Translated by Marjory Mattingly Urquidi. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1979. Dependencia y Desarrollo en América Latina, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 1971.
- Collier, David, Fernando Daniel Hidalgo, and Andra Olivia Maciuceanu. "Essentially Contested Concepts: Debates and Applications." Journal of Political Ideologies 11, no. 3 (2006): 211-46.
- Gallie, W. B. "Essentially Contested Concepts." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 56 (1956): 167-98.
- Diamond, Larry. "Economic Development and Democracy Reconsidered." American Behavioral Scientist 35, no. 4-5 (March 1, 1992 1992): 450-99.
- Gambetta, Diego. ""Claro!" An Essay on Discursive Machismo." In Deliberative Democracy, edited by Jon Elster, 19-43. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Markoff, John. "Where and When Was Democracy Invented?" [In English]. Comparative Studies in Society and History 41, no. 4 (Oct 1999): 660-90.
- Marsteintredet, Leiv. "Explaining Variation of Executive Instability in Presidential Regimes: Presidential Interruptions in Latin America." International Political Science Review 35, no. 2 (2014): 175-96.
- Linz, Juan J. "Presidential or Parliamentary Democracy: Does It Make a Difference?". In The Failure of Presidential Democracy, edited by Juan J. Linz and Arturo Valenzuela, 3-90. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
- O'Donnell, Guillermo "Reflections on the Patterns of Change in the Bureaucratic-Authoritarian State." Latin American Research Review 13, no. 1 (1978): 3-38.
- O'Donnell, Guillermo. "Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies." Journal of Democracy 9, no. 3 (JUL 1998): 112-26.
- O'Donnell, Guillermo, and Philippe C. Schmitter. Transitions from Authoritarian Rule : Tentative Conclusions About Uncertain Democracies. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.
- *Valenzuela, Arturo. The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes. Chile. The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes. edited by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978.
- Valenzuela, Arturo. "Latin American Presidencies Interrupted." Journal of Democracy 15, no. 4 (OCT 2004): 5-19.