Comparative Politics of Latin America: Democracy at Last?

ISBN-13: 9780367898915 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 642 str.

Daniel C. Hellinger

Opis

This new edition of Comparative Politics of Latin America brings Daniel C. Hellinger’s brilliantly succinct and accessible introductory textbook up to date for a new generation of educators

Spis treści

Introduction. Latin American Studies and the Comparative Study of Democracy  Part 1: Comparative Politics, Democratic Theory, and Latin American Area Studies  1. Conceptions of Democracy  2. The Few and the Many: Inequality in Latin American Politics  Part 2: Historical Legacies, Mass Politics, and Democracy  3. Democratic and Autocratic Threads before Columbus and in Colonial Latin America  4. Political without Economic Independence  5. Populism, Development, and Democracy in the Twentieth Century  6. Development and Dependency: Theory and Practice in Latin America  Part 3: Regimes and Transitions in Latin America  7. Democratic Breakdown and Military Rule  8. Transitions from Party-Dominant Regimes: Mexico and Venezuela  9. Democracy in Times of Revolution  10. Civilians and Soldiers in Illiberal Times  Part 4: Civil Society, Institutions, Human Rights  11. Social Class and Social Movements in Latin America  12. Parties, Media, and Left-Right Populism  13. Institutions, Constitutions and Constituent Power  14. Human Rights, Corruption, and the Rule of Law  Part 5: Latin America in the World  15. Democracy in Times of Globalization  16. No One’s "Backyard" Anymore?  Afterward

O autorze

Daniel C. Hellinger is Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Webster University. His other books include Venezuela: Tarnished Democracy (1991); Venezuelan Politics in the Chávez Era (2001), and Bolivarian Democracy in Venezuela (2011). He has held Fulbright awards at the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile, and the Autonomous University of Madrid and has been a visiting scholar at St. Antony's College, Oxford, the Central University of Venezuela, and Shanghai Institute for Finance and Economics.