Includes index. Includes bibliographical references: p. 275-286.
Contents:
Studying Latin American politics -- Why history matters -- Latin America's historic power elite: stability and change -- Historic modes of governing: the politics of patrimonialism, violence, and instability -- Political change, political contention, and new political contenders -- Political institutions and the machinery of government -- Democracy and democratization -- Political economy and economic policy in Latin America -- International political economy: the politics of Latin America's international economic relations -- Latin American international relations -- Latin America in comparative perspective.
Summary:
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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