Latin American Politics and Development

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

• ISBN13: 9780813343273
• ISBN10: 0813343275
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-25
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

The only text organized on a country-by-country basis that represents all Latin American countries,Latin American Politics and Developmentoffers instructors maximum flexibility in organizing courses.

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. 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

List of Tables and Maps	vii
List of Acronyms	ix
Preface to the Sixth Edition	xi
Part I The Latin American Tradition and Process of Development	1	(94)
Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline
1 The Context of Latin American Politics	3	(14)
2 The Pattern of Historical Development	17	(16)
3 Interest Groups and Political Parties	33	(26)
4 Government Machinery, the Role of the State, and Public Policy	59	(22)
5 The Struggle for Democracy in Latin America	81	(14)
Part II The Political Systems of South America	95	(290)
6 Argentina in the Twenty-first Century	97	(30)
Linda Chen
7 Brazil: The Disorders of a Progressive Democracy	127	(38)
Iêda Siqueira Wiarda
8 Chile	165	(34)
Paul E. Sigmund
9 Colombia: A Resilient Political System with Intransigent Problems	199	(35)
Harvey F. Kline and Vanessa Joan Gray
10 Peru: Authoritarian Traditions, Troubled Democracy	234	(34)
David Scott Palmer
11 Venezuela: Consolidating a Different Democracy	268	(37)
Davidj Myers
12 Uruguay: Balancing Growth and Democracy	305	(20)
Ronald H. McDonald and Martin Weinstein
13 Paraguay: Democracy Challenged	325	(20)
Paul C. Sondrol
14 Bolivia: The Construction of a Multiethnic Democracy	345	(19)
Donna Lee Van Cott
15 Ecuador: The Fragility of Dependent Democracy	364	(23)
David W. Dent
Part III The Political Systems of Central and Middle America and the Caribbean	385	(196)
16 Mexico: The Emergence of a Messianic Reformer	387	(16)
George W. Grayson
17 Cuba: Development, Revolution, and Decay	403	(47)
Juan M. del Aguila
18 Costa Rica	450	(14)
Mitchell A. Seligson
19 Nicaragua: The Politics of Frustration	464	(14)
Richard L. Millett
20 El Salvador	478	(26)
Tommie Sue Montgomery and Christine J. Wade
21 Guatemala: A Second Decade of Spring?	504	(15)
Dwight Wilson
22 Honduras: Problems of Democratic Consolidation	519	(15)
J. Mark Ruhl
23 The Dominican Republic: A Winding Road to Democracy and Development	534	(16)
Esther M. Skelley
24 Panama: New Politics for a New Millennium?	550	(15)
Steve C. Ropp
25 Haiti: The Failures of Governance	565	(18)
Georges A. Fauriol
Part IV Conclusion	581	(10)
26 Latin America and the Future	583	(8)
Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline
Index	591