Politics and Social Change in Latin America

by Wiarda, Howard J.

• ISBN13: 9780813310589
• ISBN10: 081331058X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

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).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Interpreting Latin America's Politics on its Own Terms	p. 1
The Political Culture Framework	p. 15
Patterns of Continuity in Latin American Society: Political and Historical Perspectives	p. 17
Two Cultures and Political Behavior in Latin America	p. 37
Historical Factors	p. 53
The Latin American Tradition	p. 55
The Spanish American Past: Enemy of Change	p. 69
Science, Technology, and Hispanic America	p. 79
Claims of Political Tradition	p. 91
Historical Determinants of the Latin American State: The Tradition of Bureaucratic-Patrimonialism, Corporatism, Centralism, and Authoritarianism	p. 129
Politics and Social Change	p. 151
The Tradition of Higher Laws in Latin America	p. 153
Latin America and Democracy	p. 167
From El Cid to El Che: The Hero and the Mystique of Liberation in Latin America	p. 185
Latin America's Magical Liberalism	p. 209
The News about Religion in Latin America	p. 227
Foreign Policy Implications	p. 245
On Democracy and Democratization	p. 247
Consensus Found, Consensus Lost: Disjunctures in U.S. Policy Toward Latin America in the New Millennium	p. 267
Conclusion	p. 283
Suggested Readings	p. 293
Index	p. 301
About the Contributors	p. 307
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