Latin American politics and development / edited by Howard J. Wiarda, University of George , Harvey F. Kline, University of Alabama.

Contributor Wiarda, Howard J., 1939-

Edition Statement:Eighth edition.

Imprint:Boulder, CO : Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]

Imprint2014

Descriptionxv, 509 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Note:Part I: The Latin American tradition and process of development / Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline. The context of Latin American politics ; The pattern of historical development ; Interest groups and political parties ; Government machinery, the role of the state, and public policy ; The struggle for democracy in Latin America -- Part II: The political systems of South America. Argentina in the twenty-first century / Linda Chen ; Brazil : a unique country / Ieda Siqueira Wiarda ; Chile : alternative approaches to development / Paul E. Sigmund ; Colombia : unfading glory and furrows of pain / Vanessa Joan Gray ; Peru in the twenty-first century : confronting the past, charting the future / Julio F. Carrion and David Scott Palmer ; The legacy of charisma : Venezuelan politics after Hugo Chavez / David Myers ; Uruguay : balancing growth and democracy / Ronald H. McDonald and Martin Weinstein ; Paraguay : the problems and politics of democratic institutionalization / Paul C. Sondrol ; Bolivia : from neoliberal democracy to multiethnic, plebiscitarian politics / Fabrice Lehoucq ; Ecuador : from crisis to left turn / Jennifer N. Collins -- Part III: The political systems of Central and Middle America and the Caribbean. Mexico : democratization, development, and internal war / Judith A. Gentleman ; Cuba : revolution in the balance? / Juan M. del Aguila and Frank O. Mora ; Costa Rica / Mitchell A. Seligson ; Nicaragua : the politics of frustration / Richard L. Millett ; El Salvador : civil war to uncivil peace / Christine J. Wade ; Guatemala : progress and peril in an age of globalization / Dwight Wilson ; Honduras : fragile democracy / J. Mark Ruhl ; Panama : the challenge of governance in boom times / Steve C. Ropp ; The Dominican Republic : a winding road to democracy and development / Esther Skelley Jordan ; Haiti : conflict and the search for democratic governance / Georges A. Fauriol --Part IV: Conclusion. Latin America and the future / Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:"An authoritative and comprehensive, but accessible, introduction to Latin America's government and political development written by recognized experts in the field"-- Provided by publisher.

Note:"For over thirty years Latin American Politics and Development has kept instructors and students abreast of current affairs in Latin America. Now in its eighth edition, this definitive text has been updated throughout and features contributions from experts in the field, including twenty entirely new chapters on Central America and the Caribbean, and South America. The new material addresses Venezuela after the death of Hugh Chz, Mexico and the continuing drug war, Cuba as Ra

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