Editing Democratization (section)

=== Latin America ===
Countries in [[Latin America]] became independent between 1810 and 1825, and soon had some early experiences with representative government and elections. All Latin American countries established representative institutions soon after independence, the early cases being those of [[Colombia]] in 1810, [[Paraguay]] and [[Venezuela]] in 1811, and [[Chile]] in 1818.<ref>Adam Przeworski and Henry Teune, ''Democracy and the Limits of Self-Government''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 47.</ref> [[Adam Przeworski]] shows that some experiments with representative institutions in Latin America occurred earlier than in most European countries.<ref>Adam Przeworski and Henry Teune, ''Democracy and the Limits of Self-Government''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 2; Przeworski, Adam, "The Mechanics of Regime Instability in Latin America." ''Journal of Politics in Latin America'' 1(1) 2009: 5–36.</ref> Mass democracy, in which the working class had the right to vote, become common only in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref>Collier, Ruth Berins, and David Collier. ''Shaping the Political Arena: Critical Junctures, the Labor Movement, and Regime Dynamics in Latin America''. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1991; Rueschemeyer, Dietrich, Evelyne Huber Stephens, and John D. Stephens, ''Capitalist Development and Democracy''. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1992; Collier, Ruth Berins, ''Paths Toward Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America''. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1999; Drake, Paul W.. ''Between Tyranny and Anarchy: A History of Democracy in Latin America, 1800–2006''. Redwood City: Stanford University Press, 2009.</ref>