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This essay reviews the following works:Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America. Edited by Richard Albert, Carlos Bernal, and Juliano Zaiden Benvindo. Chicago: Hart Publishing, 2019. Pp. 304. $96.72 hardcover. ISBN: 9781509923502.The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin America. Edited by Daniel M. Brinks, Steven Levitsky, and María Victoria Murillo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 359. $34.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781108702331.Constituents before Assembly: Participation, Deliberation, and Representation in the Crafting of New Constitutions. By Todd A. Eisenstadt, A. Carl LeVan, and Tofigh Maboudi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. xxii + 200. $34.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781316619551.A Revolution in Fragments: Traversing Scales of Justice, Ideology, and Practice in Bolivia. By Mark Goodale. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2019. Pp. 320. $27.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781478006527.Only the People Can Save the People: Constituent Power, Revolution, and Counterrevolution in Venezuela. By Donald V. Kingsbury. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2018. Pp. xix + 210. $32.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781438469645.Paths for Cuba: Reforming Communism in Comparative Perspective. Edited by Scott Morgenstern, Jorge Pérez-López, and Jerome Branche. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019. Pp. 408. $$37.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780822965497.Chile Constitucional. By Juan Luis Ossa Santacruz. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica Chile and Centro de Estudios Públicos. Pp. 133. $12.00 paperback. ISBN: 9789562892056.Assessing the Left Turn in Ecuador. Edited by Francisco Sánchez and Simón Pachano. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Pp. 403. $149.99 hardcover. ISBN: 9783030276249.

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Raul Sanchez-Urribarri

Latin American Research Review

Title: Can Constitutional Change Transform Society?

Description:

This essay reviews the following works:Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America.

Edited by Richard Albert, Carlos Bernal, and Juliano Zaiden Benvindo.

Chicago: Hart Publishing, 2019.

Pp.

304.

$96.

72 hardcover.

ISBN: 9781509923502.

The Politics of Institutional Weakness in Latin America.

Edited by Daniel M.

Brinks, Steven Levitsky, and María Victoria Murillo.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Pp.

359.

$34.

99 paperback.

ISBN: 9781108702331.

Constituents before Assembly: Participation, Deliberation, and Representation in the Crafting of New Constitutions.

By Todd A.

Eisenstadt, A.

Carl LeVan, and Tofigh Maboudi.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Pp.

xxii + 200.

$34.

99 paperback.

ISBN: 9781316619551.

A Revolution in Fragments: Traversing Scales of Justice, Ideology, and Practice in Bolivia.

By Mark Goodale.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2019.

Pp.

320.

$27.

95 paperback.

ISBN: 9781478006527.

Only the People Can Save the People: Constituent Power, Revolution, and Counterrevolution in Venezuela.

By Donald V.

Kingsbury.

Albany: State University of New York Press, 2018.

Pp.

xix + 210.

$32.

95 paperback.

ISBN: 9781438469645.

Paths for Cuba: Reforming Communism in Comparative Perspective.

Edited by Scott Morgenstern, Jorge Pérez-López, and Jerome Branche.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019.

Pp.

408.

$$37.

95 paperback.

ISBN: 9780822965497.

Chile Constitucional.

By Juan Luis Ossa Santacruz.

Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica Chile and Centro de Estudios Públicos.

Pp.

133.

$12.

00 paperback.

ISBN: 9789562892056.

Assessing the Left Turn in Ecuador.

Edited by Francisco Sánchez and Simón Pachano.

Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

Pp.

403.

$149.

99 hardcover.

ISBN: 9783030276249.

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