Latin American politics /
While it is true that poverty, political instability, and economic under-performance continue to be major problems in Latin America, the region has made substantial progress in raising standards of living and overcoming military authoritarianism. Latin American Politics reflects just how much the re...
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Thousand Oaks, California :
SAGE/CQ Press,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Colonial legacy and the post-independence period
- Political regimes and democratic stability
- Guerrillas and revolutions
- US-Latin American relations
- Latin American presidentialism
- Legislatures in Latin America
- Elections and electoral rules
- The judiciary
- Political culture
- Corruption
- Civil liberties and press freedom
- Income inequality, poverty, and the gender gap.