Latin American Politics and Development

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

• ISBN13: 9780813337692
• ISBN10: 0813337690
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-24
• 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)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
List of Acronyms	x
Preface to the Fifth Edition	xi
I The Latin American Tradition and Process of Development
Howard J. Wiarda
Harvey F. Kline
The Context of Latin American Politics	3	(14)
The Pattern of Historical Development	17	(16)
Interest Groups and Political Parties	33	(25)
Government Machinery, the Role of the State, and Public Policy	58	(22)
The Struggle for Democracy in Latin America	80	(15)
II The Political Systems of South America
Argentina: Intransigent's Paradise	95	(32)
Paul H. Lewis
Brazil: The Politics of ``A New Order and Progress,''	127	(37)
Ieda Siqueira Wiarda
Chile	164	(34)
Paul E. Sigmund
Colombia: Drugs, Guerrillas, Death Squads, and U.S. Aid	198	(30)
Harvey F. Kline
Vanessa Gray
Peru: Democratic Forms, Authoritarian Practices	228	(31)
David Scott Palmer
Venezuela: Shaping the ``New Democracy,''	259	(36)
David J. Myers
Balancing Growth and Democracy in Uruguay	295	(17)
Ronald H. McDonald
Martin Weinstein
Paraguay: Precarious Democracy	312	(19)
Paul C. Sondrol
Bolivia: The Construction of a Multiethnic Democracy	331	(19)
Donna Lee Van Cott
Ecuador: The Fragility of Dependent Democracy	350	(21)
David W. Dent
III The Political Systems of Central and Middle America and the Caribbean
Mexico: From Corporatism to Pluralism?	371	(29)
George W. Grayson
Development, Revolution, and Decay in Cuba	400	(42)
Juan M. del Aguila
Costa Rica	442	(14)
Mitchell A. Seligson
Nicaragua: The Politics of Frustration	456	(14)
Richard L. Millett
El Salvador	470	(23)
Tommie Sue Montgomery
Guatemala: Democratic Rebirth?	493	(19)
Robert H. Trudeau
Honduras: The Limits of Democracy	512	(15)
J. Mark Ruhl
The Dominican Republic: A New Way	527	(15)
Anthony Peter Spanakos
Panama: Beyond Elitist Democracy and Authoritarian Populism in the New Millennium?	542	(14)
Steve C. Ropp
Haiti: The Failure of Governance	556	(27)
Georges C. Fauriol
IV Conclusion: Latin America and the Future
Howard J. Wiarda
Harvey F. Kline
Contributors	583	(6)
Index	589