Table of Contents:
  • Analytical orientations and the Latin American Problématique
  • Social change and the reconstruction of politics
  • Democracy and democratization : concepts and processes
  • The transformation of the state and social policies
  • Social policies and equality
  • Political parties and the crisis of representation
  • Civil society, social movements, and democratization
  • Changes in Latin American political culture
  • Democratic crisis and military coup : thirty years later
  • Political opposition and the struggle for democracy under the military regime
  • Evaluation of and prospects for Chilean political democratization
  • Epilogue : What future for politics in Chile and Latin America?