Author:
Wiarda, Howard J., 1939-
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
Descriptionxxi, 248 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:Latin America in comparative perspective -- Three paradigms for interpreting Latin America -- Civil society in Latin America -- Human rights in Latin America -- The dilemmas of democracy in the Dominican Republic -- Venezuela and Argentina : development and disintegration -- Cuba and Marxism-Leninism -- Democracy and U.S. policy in the Caribbean basin -- Reassessing U.S. policy in Latin America -- Neoliberalism and its problems -- Transitions to democracy, or something less than that?.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.