Politics of Latin America : the power game /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. An introduction to twenty-first century Latin America
- 2. Early history
- 3. Democracy, dictators, and Tío Sam: a historical overview from independence to the present day
- 4. The other Americans
- 5. Society, family, and gender
- 6. Religion in Latin America
- 7. The political economy of Latin America
- 8. Democracy and authoritarianism: Latin American political culture
- 9. Politics, power, institutions, and actors
- 10. Struggling for change: revolution, social and political movements in Latin America
- 11. U.S.-Latin American relations
- 12. Guatemala / Susanne Jonas
- 13. Mexico / Nora Hamilton
- 14. Cuba / Gary Prevost
- 15. Brazil / Wilber Albert Chaffee
- 16. Argentina / Aldo C. Vacs
- 17. Chile / Eduardo Silva
- 18. Venezuela / Daniel Hellinger
- 19. Colombia / John C. Dugas
- 20. Nicaragua / Gary Prevost and Harry E. Vanden
- 21. Bolivia / Waltraud Q. Morales
- Appendix 1: Presidential elections
- Appendix 2: Recent Legislative elections.