Author : Gregory Weeks
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,29 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Latin America
ISBN : 9780205648252
Provides a comparative analysis of political and economic development in Latin America Understanding Latin American Politics assesses Latin American political and economic development. This title examines the relationships among political, economic, and social factors in Latin America. Reader engagement is increased through the use of contemporary case studies and primary documents.
Author : David Close
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 23,46 MB
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442604190
Highlighting eleven different topics in separate chapters, the thematic approach of Latin American Politics offers students the conceptual tools they need to analyze the political systems of all twenty Latin American nations. Such a structure makes the book self-consciously comparative, allowing students to become stronger analysts of comparative politics and better political scientists in general.
Author : Gerardo L. Munck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 110886080X
Taking a fresh thematic approach to politics and society in Latin America, this introductory textbook analyzes the region's past and present in an accessible and engaging style well-suited to undergraduate students. The book provides historical insights into modern states and critical issues they are facing, with insightful analyses that are supported by empirical data, maps and timelines. Drawing upon cutting-edge research, the text considers critical topics relevant to all countries within the region such as the expansion of democracy and citizenship rights and responses to human rights abuses, corruption, and violence. Each richly illustrated chapter contains a compelling and cohesive narrative, followed by thought-provoking questions and further reading suggestions, making this text a vital resource for anyone encountering the complexities of Latin American politics for the first time in their studies.
Author : Gavin O'Toole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317861957
"This is a volume which will become invaluable to those attempting to guide the neophyte through the maze of politics in Latin America" - Journal of Latin American Studies Politics Latin America examines the role of Latin America in the world and its importance to the study of politics with particular emphasis on the institutions and processes that exist to guarantee democracy and the forces that threaten to compromise it. Now in its second edition and fully revised to reflect recent developments in the region, Politics Latin America provides students and teachers with an accessible overview of the region’s unique political and economic landscape, covering every aspect of governance in its 21 countries. The book examines the international relations of Latin American states as they seek to carve out a role in an increasingly globalised world and will be an ideal introduction for undergraduate courses in Latin American politics and comparative politics.
Author : Peter Kingstone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1135280290
Latin America has been one of the critical areas in the study of comparative politics. The region’s experiments with installing and deepening democracy and promoting alternative modes of economic development have generated intriguing and enduring empirical puzzles. In turn, Latin America’s challenges continue to spawn original and vital work on central questions in comparative politics: about the origins of democracy; about the relationship between state and society; about the nature of citizenship; about the balance between state and market. The richness and diversity of the study of Latin American politics makes it hard to stay abreast of the developments in the many sub-literatures of the field. The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Politics offers an intellectually rigorous overview of the state of the field and a thoughtful guide to the direction of future scholarship. Kingstone and Yashar bring together the leading figures in the study of Latin America to present extensive empirical coverage, new original research, and a cutting-edge examination of the central areas of inquiry in the region.
Author : Javier Santiso
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 34,13 MB
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199747504
Understanding Latin America's recent economic performance calls for a multidisciplinary analysis. This handbook looks at the interaction of economics and politics in the region and includes a number of contributions from top academic experts who have also served as key policy makers (a former president, ministers of finance, a central bank governor), reflecting upon the challenges of reform.
Author : Miguel A. Centeno
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,23 MB
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1349261858
The ascendancy of technocratic personnel and their imposition of neo-liberal economic policies have come to define Latin American politics in the 1980s and 1990s. This book is the first comparative analysis of these events and their implications for the future of democracy on the continent. Individual chapters discuss the rise to power of these technocrats in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Peru as well as the historical antecedents of expert rule in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Author : Harry E. Vanden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Latin America
ISBN : 9780190647407
Now in its sixth edition, Politics of Latin America: The Power Game explores both the evolution and the current state of the political scene in Latin America. This text demonstrates a nuanced sensitivity to the use and abuse of power and the importance of social conditions, gender, race, globalization, and political economy throughout the region. It is uniquely divided into two parts: one that treats big-picture, thematic questions, and one that focuses on particular countries through case studies of ten representative nations: Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Bolivi
Author : Luis F. Jiménez
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,69 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781683400370
This book details how migrants from Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador are shaping the politics of their country of origin, through increased participation and more competitive elections.
Author : Pablo T. Spiller
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 49,27 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 159782061X
What determines the capacity of countries to design, approve and implement effective public policies? To address this question, this book builds on the results of case studies of political institutions, policymaking processes, and policy outcomes in eight Latin American countries. The result is a volume that benefits from both micro detail on the intricacies of policymaking in individual countries and a broad cross-country interdisciplinary analysis of policymaking processes in the region.
