Latin American Politics And Development

by Wiarda, Howard J.; Kline, Harvey F.

• ISBN13: 9780813300986
• ISBN10: 0813300983
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1985-04-30
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

This excellent time-tested text continues to be a lucid--and the best--single volume introduction to the complexities of Latin American politics. (G. Pope Atkins, United States Naval Academy)

Author Biography

Howard J. Wiarda is Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations and head of the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, and Senior Scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. He is la member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the author or editor of numerous Westview books including An Introduction to Latin American Politics and Development (with Harvey Kline) and Civil Society: The American Model and Third World Development. He is also a contributing co-editor (with Harvey Kline) of Latin American Politics and Development, Sixth Edition (2007, Westview). Harvey Kline is professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue and the author of Colombia: Democracy under Assault, Second Edition (1995, Westview), An Introduction to Latin American Politics and Development, Second Edition (with Howard J. Wiarda), and Latin American Politics and Development, Sixth Edition (with Howard J. Wiarda).

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition	p. ix
The Latin American Tradition and Process of Development	p. 1
The Context of Latin American Politics	p. 3
The Pattern of Historical Development	p. 15
Notes	p. 26
Interest Groups and Political Parties	p. 27
Conclusions	p. 39
Notes	p. 40
Government Machinery, the Role of the State, and Public Policy	p. 41
Conclusions	p. 54
Notes	p. 54
The Latin American Tradition and the Struggle for Democracy	p. 55
Conclusions	p. 63
Notes	p. 65
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 65
The Political Systems of South America	p. 69
Argentina: Politics in a Conflict Society	p. 71
Notes	p. 107
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 108
Brazil: The Politics of "Order and Progress" or Chaos and Regression?	p. 109
Conclusion	p. 141
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 142
Notes	p. 142
Chile	p. 144
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 171
Notes	p. 171
Colombia: The Attempt to Replace Violence with Democracy	p. 173
Notes	p. 198
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 198
Peru: The Enduring Authoritarian Legacy	p. 200
Conclusions	p. 225
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 226
Venezuela: The Stressing of Distributive Justice	p. 227
Notes	p. 267
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 267
Uruguay: Redefining Normalcy	p. 270
Notes	p. 283
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 283
Paraguay's Fledgling Democracy: Precarious Progress	p. 285
Notes	p. 303
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 303
Bolivia: Revolution and Reaction	p. 305
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 325
Ecuador: The Fragility of Dependent Democracy	p. 326
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 337
Conclusion	p. 337
The Political Systems of Central and Middle America and the Caribbean	p. 341
Mexico	p. 343
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 369
Notes	p. 369
Development, Revolution, and Decay in Cuba	p. 370
Conclusion	p. 405
Notes	p. 406
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 407
Costa Rica	p. 408
Conclusions	p. 418
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 419
Notes	p. 419
Nicaragua: Revolution and Retrenchment	p. 421
Conclusion	p. 435
Notes	p. 437
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 438
El Salvador	p. 439
Conclusion	p. 451
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 452
Guatemala: Politics in a Central American City-State	p. 453
Notes	p. 473
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 473
Honduras	p. 475
Notes	p. 488
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 489
The Dominican Republic: The Challenge of Preserving a Fragile Democracy	p. 490
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 504
Conclusion	p. 504
Panama: Cycles of Elitist Democracy and Authoritarian Populism	p. 506
Conclusion	p. 515
Notes	p. 516
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 516
Haiti: The Failures of Governance	p. 517
Notes	p. 529
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 529
Conclusion: Latin America and Its Alternative Futures	p. 531
About the Book	p. 539
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 541
Index	p. 545
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