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  • Democratization by Institutions

    Argentina's Transition Years in Comparative Perspective

    de Leslie E. Anderson ...
    In this pioneering study of democratization in Argentina, Leslie Anderson challenges Robert Putnam’s thesis that democracy requires high levels of social capital. She demonstrates in Democratization by Institutions that formal institutions (e.g., the executive, the legislature, the courts) can serve not only as operational parts within democracy but as the driving force toward democracy.As ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Social Capital in Developing Democracies

    Nicaragua and Argentina Compared

    de Leslie E. Anderson ...
    Drawing on extensive field work in Nicaragua and Argentina, as well as public opinion and elite data, Leslie E. Anderson's Social Capital in Developing Democracies explores the contribution of social capital to the process of democratization and the limits of that contribution. Anderson finds that in Nicaragua, strong, positive, bridging social capital has enhanced democratization while in ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

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  • Falling Behind

    Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United States

    Edición de Francis Fukuyama ...
    In 1700, Latin America and British North America were roughly equal in economic terms. Yet over the next three centuries, the United States gradually pulled away from Latin America, and today the gap between the two is huge. Why did this happen? Was it culture? Geography? Economic policies? Natural resources? Differences in political development? The question has occupied scholars for decades, and ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Contemporary Latin America

    1970 to the Present

    de Robert H. Holden, Rina Villars ...
    Series series Blackwell History of the Contemporary World
    Contemporary Latin America presents the epochal political, economic, social, and cultural changes in Latin America over the last 40 years and comprehensively examines their impact on life in the region, and beyond.Provides a fresh approach and a new interpretation of the seismic changes of the last 40 years in Latin AmericaIntroduces major themes from a humanistic and universal perspective, ... Leer más

    $30.00 USD

  • Costa Rica

    Quest For Democracy

    de John A Booth ...
    How did Costa Rica become Central America’s first successful democracy? How does Costa Rican democracy work? How does democracy survive despite regional turmoil, foreign intervention, and economic crisis? Beginning with Costa Rica’s history within the Central American context, John Booth traces democratic development in Costa Rica through its institutions, rules of the political game, parties, ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Latin American Politics

    An Introduction, Second Edition

    de David Close ...
    Latin American Politics, Second Edition is a thematic introduction to the political systems of all 20 Latin American countries. The approach is self-consciously comparative and encourages students to develop stronger comparative analysis skills through such topics as history, violence, democracy, and political economy. Fully updated and revised, this second edition also includes a new chapter on ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • Venezuela

    Hugo Chavez and the Decline of an "Exceptional Democracy"

    Edición de Miguel Tinker Salas, Steve Ellner ...
    Series series Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom
    This authoritative book offers a comprehensive assessment of contemporary Venezuela. Analyzing the multifaceted phenomenon of Hugo Chávez, leading scholars move beyond his flamboyant style to focus on the concerns of popular social and political movements. The book challenges the misleading notions that for several decades glorified Venezuelan "exceptionalism" and minimized the role of important ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Latin American Politics and Society

    de Gerardo L. Munck, Juan Pablo Luna ...
    Taking a fresh thematic approach to politics and society in Latin America, this introductory textbook analyzes the region's past and present in an accessible and engaging style well-suited to undergraduate students. The book provides historical insights into modern states and critical issues they are facing, with insightful analyses that are supported by empirical data, maps and timelines. Drawing ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Latin American Politics

    An Introduction

    de David Close ...
    Highlighting eleven different topics in separate chapters, the thematic approach of Latin American Politics offers students the conceptual tools they need to analyze the political systems of all twenty Latin American nations. Such a structure makes the book self-consciously comparative, allowing students to become stronger analysts of comparative politics and better political scientists in general ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Women Legislators in Central America

    Politics, Democracy, and Policy

    de Michelle A. Saint-Germain, Cynthia Chavez Metoyer ...
    During the years between 1980 and 1999, in the midst of war and economic crisis, a record number of women were elected to national legislatures in Central American republics. Can quantitative increases in the presence of elected women in Central America produce qualitative political changes?In this detailed study, Michelle A. Saint-Germain and Cynthia Chavez Metoyer explore the reasons for this ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Politics Latin America

    de Gavin O'Toole ...
    Politics Latin America examines the role of Latin America in the world and its importance to the study of politics with particular emphasis on the institutions and processes that exist to guarantee democracy and the forces that threaten to compromise it.Now in its third edition and fully revised to reflect recent developments in the region, Politics Latin America provides students and teachers ... Leer más

    $102.99 USD

  • Culling the Masses

    The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas

    de David Scott FitzGerald, David Cook-Martín, Angela S. García ...
    Culling the Masses questions the widely held view that in the long run democracy and racism cannot coexist. David Scott FitzGerald and David Cook-Martín show that democracies were the first countries in the Americas to select immigrants by race, and undemocratic states the first to outlaw discrimination. Through analysis of legal records from twenty-two countries between 1790 and 2010, the authors ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD