Nbr. 14-3-4, November 2014

Index

• Foreword by Luís Inácio Lula da Silva President of Brazil, 2003–10
• Interest group dynamics in a weak and transitional state: the case of Bolivia
• Interest groups and lobbying in Latin America: theoretical and practical considerations
• Interest groups in Brazil: a new era and its challenges
• Interest groups in Venezuela: lessons from the failure of a ‘Model Democracy’ and the rise of a Bolivarian democracy
• Interest mobilization in public health and social insurance: Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico in comparative perspective
• Issue Information
• Neo‐liberalism, big business and the evolution of interest group activity in Latin America
• Power groups, interests and interest groups in consolidated and transitional democracies: comparing Uruguay and Costa Rica with Paraguay and Haiti
• Power groups, interests and interest groups in Latin America: a new era or more of the same?
• The changing politics of lobbying: private sector organizations in Mexico
• The Chilean big business lobby: a long‐standing and major influence on public policy
• The contribution of lobby regulation initiatives in addressing political corruption in Latin America
• The development of business associations in Central America: the role of international actors and economic integration
• The mass media's dual role: ‘watchdog’ and guardian of their own interests
• Women's rights in transition: the collision of feminist interest groups, religion and non‐governmental organizations in three Latin American countries