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Routledge handbook of Latin American politics / edited by Peter Kingstone and Deborah J. Yashar.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Latin America.
- Democracy.
- Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.
- Latin America.
- Latin America--Politics and government--1948-1980.
- Latin America--Social conditions--1982-.
- Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-.
- Latin America--Economic policy.
- Latin America--Social policy.
- Latin America--Foreign relations--1980-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (623 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Latin America has been one of the critical areas in the study of comparative politics. The region's experiments with installing and deepening democracy and promoting alternative modes of economic development have generated intriguing and enduring empirical puzzles. In turn, Latin America's challenges continue to spawn original and vital work on central questions in comparative politics: about the origins of democracy; about the relationship between state and society; about the nature of citizenship; about the balance between state and market.The richness and diversity of the s
- Contents:
- pt. I. Democratic governance and political institutions
- pt. II. Development
- pt. III. Actors/social groups
- pt. IV. International concerns
- pt. V. Theories/methods
- pt. VI. Critical reflections on the state of the field.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-28029-0
- 0-203-86026-8
- 1-299-27842-6
- 1-135-28030-4
- 9780203860267
- OCLC:
- 830161558
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