Understanding Central America : global forces, rebellion, and change
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Understanding Central America : global forces, rebellion, and change
Westview Press, c2006
4th ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Extensively revised and updated, Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion and Regime Change explains how domestic and global political and economic forces shaped rebellion and regime change in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras from the 1970s. Providing the authoritative, comprehensive coverage students of Latin America, political science, and international relations require, the authors explore the origins and development of the region's political conflicts and efforts to resolve them. Through this comprehensive textbook, students can explore Central America's political and economic development from the early 1800s onward, providing a background for understanding rebellion and regime changes in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. This revised edition brings the Central American story up-to-date, with special emphasis on globalization, public opinion, progress toward democratic consolidation, and U.S. pressures on political and economic processes. The authors offer a thorough analysis of how global forces act on these small nations. A useful introduction to the region, organized to facilitate classroom discussion, and a model for how to convey the complexities of the region in language students will comprehend, Understanding Central America stands out as must-have resource.
Understanding Central America continues to stand as a highly successful textbook dedicated to Latin America and the issues that keep it topical. With new revisions and corrections, this 4th edition will continue to educate and involve its readers in the issues concerning contemporary Central America.
Table of Contents
Crisis and Transformation Global Forces and System Change in Central America * Poverty and Its Causes * Regime Change in Central America * Discussion The Common History * Conquest to 1838 * 1838 to the Present Costa Rica * Historical Background * Weathering Global Forces * The Economic Development Model Transformed * Changes in Politics and Parties * Contemporary Costa Rican Politics * Conclusions Nicaragua * Historical Background * Global Forces and Insurrection * The Revolution * Replacing the Revolution * Contemporary Nicaraguan Politics * Conclusions El Salvador * Historical Background * Global Forces and Insurrection * Government and Politics Since the Peace Accord * Conclusions Guatemala * Historical Background * Global Forces and Conflict * The Civilian Transitional Regime and the Civil War * The Peace Accords and Contemporary Guatemalan Politics * Conclusions Honduras * Historical Background * Weathering Global Forces * Contemporary Honduran Politics * Conclusions Political Participation, Political Attitudes and Democracy * Citizen Participation * Citizen Attitudes * Factors Shaping Attitudes and Participation * Conclusions Power, Democracy, and U.S. Policy in Central America * The Problem of Power * Democracy * Mobilization * The Roots of U.S. Policy in Central America * Communism in Central America * Demobilization in Central America * U.S. Policy in the Post-Cold War Period * The Cost of U.S. Cold War Policy in Central America * Conclusions Reflections and Projections * Reflections: Repression, Mobilization, and Democratic Transition * Projections: Prospects for Democratic Consolidation * Conclusions
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