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Politics and social change in Latin America : still a distinct tradition? / edited by Howard J. Wiarda and Margaret MacLeish Mott.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin America--Politics and government.
- Latin America.
- Politics and government.
- Latin America--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 309 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition, revised and updated.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Interpreting Latin America's Politics on its Own Terms / Howard J. Wiarda, Margaret MacLeish Mott 1
- Part I The Political Culture Framework 15
- Chapter 2 Patterns of Continuity in Latin American Society: Political and Historical Perspectives / Roland H. Ebel 17
- Chapter 3 Two Cultures and Political Behavior in Latin America / Glen Caudill Dealy 37
- Part II Historical Factors 53
- Chapter 4 The Latin American Tradition / Roland H. Ebel, Raymond Taras 55
- Chapter 5 The Spanish American Past: Enemy of Change / Donald E. Worcester 69
- Chapter 6 Science, Technology, and Hispanic America / Irving A. Leonard 79
- Chapter 7 Claims of Political Tradition / Richard M. Morse 91
- Chapter 8 Historical Determinants of the Latin American State: The Tradition of Bureaucratic-Patrimonialism, Corporatism, Centralism, and Authoritarianism / Howard J. Wiarda 129
- Part III Politics and Social Change 151
- Chapter 9 The Tradition of Higher Laws in Latin America / Margaret MacLeish Mott 153
- Chapter 10 Latin America and Democracy / Octavio Paz 167
- Chapter 11 From El Cid to El Che: The Hero and the Mystique of Liberation in Latin America / Dolores Moyano Martin 185
- Chapter 12 Latin America's Magical Liberalism / Tina Rosenberg 209
- Chapter 13 The News about Religion in Latin America / Daniel H. Levine 227
- Part IV Foreign Policy Implications 245
- Chapter 14 On Democracy and Democratization / Peter H. Smith 247
- Chapter 15 Consensus Found, Consensus Lost: Disjunctures in U.S. Policy Toward Latin America in the New Millennium / Howard J. Wiarda 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-300) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275970329
- 0275970337
- OCLC:
- 51900461
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