Latin American politics and development
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Latin American politics and development
Westview Press, 1996
4th ed.
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The fourth edition of this highly regarded text has been completely revised and updated to reflect the complex political and economic developments that have occurred in Latin America in the 1990s. The introductory section emphasizes the trend toward elected, democratic governments while underlining the difficulties of establishing democracy in a region still characterized by inequitable distribution of income, the legacy of large debts, and violence stemming from the drug trade. In the second section, distinguished experts present thoroughly up-to-date analyses of each of the countries. The fourth edition of this highly regarded text has been completely revised and updated to reflect the complex political and economic developments that have occurred in Latin America in the 1990s. In the new introductory section, Wiarda and Kline emphasize the trend toward elected, democratic governments while underlining the difficulties of establishing democracy in a region still characterized by inequitable distribution of income, the legacy of large debts, and violence stemming from the drug trade.
Exploring the patterns of political development, they also discuss the dynamics of political behavior and examine the tensions between those who favor a political regime in keeping with the authoritarian past and those who are working to establish democracy.In the second section of the book, distinguished experts on the region present thoroughly up-to-date analyses of each of the South American, Central American, and Caribbean countries. In the final section, the editors offer their conclusions about the promise and pitfalls of democracy in the region.
Table of Contents
- The Latin American Tradition And Process Of Development
- The Context of Latin American Politics
- The Pattern of Historical Development
- Interest Groups and Political Parties
- Government Machinery, the Role of the State, and Public Policy
- The Latin American Tradition and the Struggle for
- Democracy
- The Political Systems Of South America
- Argentina: Politics in a
- Conflict Society
- (Peter G. Snow.)
- Brazil: The Politics of Order and Progress or Chaos and Regression?
- (Ida Siqueira Wiarda.)
- Chile
- (Paul E. Sigmund.)
- Colombia: The Attempt to Replace Violence with Democracy
- (Harvey F. Kline.)
- Peru: The
- Enduring Authoritarian Legacy
- (David Scott Palmer.
- )
- Venezuela: The Stressing of Distributive Justice
- (David J. Myers.)
- Uruguay: Redefining Normalcy
- (Ronald H. McDonald.
- )
- Paraguays Fledgling Democracy: Precarious Progress
- (Riordan Roett.)
- Bolivia: Revolution and Reaction
- (Eduardo A. Gamarra and James M. Malloy.)
- Ecuador: The Fragility of Dependent Democracy
- (John D. Martz.)
- The Political Systems Of Central And Middle America And The Caribbean
- Mexico
- (Susan Kaufman Purcell.)
- Development, Revolution, and Decay in Cuba
- (Juan M. del Aguila.)
- Costa Rica
- (Mitchell A. Seligson.)
- Nicaragua: Revolution and Retrenchment
- (John A. Booth.)
- El Salvador
- (Enrique Baloyra.)
- Guatemala: Politics in a Central American City-State
- (Roland Ebel.)
- Honduras
- (Mark B. Rosenberg.)
- The Dominican Republic: The Challenge of Preserving a Fragile Democracy
- (Michael J. Kryzanek.)
- Panama: Cycles of Elitist Democracy and Authoritarian Populism
- (Steve C. Ropp.)
- Haiti: The Failures of Governance
- (Georges A. Fauriol.)
- Conclusion
- Latin America and Its Alternative Futures.
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