Politics in Latin America
by Blake, Charles H.Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-10-16
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
Approaching Latin American politics and government from a political science perspective, Politics in Latin America focuses on three unifying themes central to Latin America today--the challenges of development, liberty, and governance. These themes are fully and consistently integrated into the country studies, which examine seven important Latin American countries. The first four chapters provide a historical overview and describe the historical and theoretical importance of each of these challenges. Then each country study discusses the challenges as they pertain to that particular country. In the process of examining these three challenges, the text considers their implications for the future of democracy in the region.
Table of Contents
| An Introduction to Latin American Politics | |
| A Tale of Two Women and Two Countries | |
| The Challenges of Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| The Plan of This Book | |
| A Bird's-Eye View of Latin American History (1492 to 1979 | |
| The Colonial Era (1492-1809) | |
| The Independence Movement (1810s and 1820s) | |
| The Age of Political Instability (1820s to 1870s) | |
| The Age of State Building and Free Trade (1880s to 1920s) | |
| The Second Wave of Democratization and the Rise of State Capitalism (1930s to 1950s) | |
| The Age of Authoritarian Reaction (1960s and 1970s) | |
| The Context of Contemporary Latin | |
| American Politics (1980 to the Present) | |
| The Economic Context | |
| The International Context | |
| The Societal Context | |
| The Political Context | |
| Democracy and the Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| The Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| The Quest for Development | |
| The Quest for Liberty | |
| The Quest for Governance | |
| Argentina Historical Background from 1880 to 1983 | |
| Contemporary Political | |
| Framework Political Participation | |
| The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| Brazil Historical Background from 1889 to 1985 | |
| Contemporary Political Framework | |
| Political Participation | |
| The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| Chile Historical Background from 1891 to 1989 | |
| Contemporary Political | |
| Framework Political Participation | |
| The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| Cuba Historical Background from 1868 to 1990 | |
| Contemporary Political | |
| Framework Political Participation | |
| The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| Guatemala Historical Background from 1871 to 1996 | |
| Contemporary Political | |
| Framework Political Participation | |
| The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| Mexico Historical Background from 1876 to 1988 | |
| Contemporary Political | |
| Framework Political Participation | |
| The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| Venezuela Historical Background from 1908 to 1993 | |
| Contemporary Political | |
| Framework Political Participation | |
| The Contemporary Quest for Development, Liberty, and Governance | |
| Challenges and Choices in the Twenty-first Century | |
| The Quest for Development Revisited | |
| The Quest for Liberty Revisited | |
| The Quest for Governance Revisited | |
| Democracy in Latin America | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
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