Central America
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Central America
（Sociology of "developing societies"）
Macmillan, 1989
- pbk
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Bibliography: p. 211-217
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
As a part of the series, this book provides an overviw of a reagion in crisis. This is an examination of the background to conflicts in Central America through culture, politics and social conditions. It looks at the obstacles to a transition to democracy. The role of export crops and the coexistence of indigenous and Spanish cultures are highlighted and the politics of the 1970s and 80s are analyzed, such as indigenous insurgency in Guatemala, prospects for democracy in El Salvador, class changes in Nicaragua, party politics in Honduras and Costa Ricas and the link between authoritarianism and US security policies.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Historical origins of social structure and class formation: Central America - cultures in conflict, J.L.Flora et al
- sociology of developing societies - historical bases of insurgency in Central America, J.L.Flora and E.T.Rivas
- class conflict in an export economy - the social roots of the Salvadorean Insurrection of 1932, L.Zamos. Part 2 Contemporary transformation of politics and class: parties, political development and social conflict in Honduras and Costa Rica - a comparative analysis, J.L.V.Carballo
- insurgency and counterinsurgency in Guatemala, J.Handy
- the prospects for democratization in El Salvador, T.L.Karl
- the impact of revolutionary transformation on the popular classes - the working class in the Sandinista Revolution, C.M.Vilas
- authoritarian transition to democracy in Central America, E.T.Rivas.
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