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Politics and Social Change in Latin America Still a Distinct Tradition?
Fourth Edition, Revised and Updated
Book Code: C7032
ISBN: 0-275-97032-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97032-1
328 pages, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/2003
List Price: $81.95 (UK Sterling Price: £47.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [A]ttempts to define the distinct Latin American situation in such areas as political culture, historical factors, social change, and foreign policy....[t]his book presents an argument that Latin America may be following an alternative path to development from that of the United States, one that traditional analyses may not be capable of adequately describing.
    —Multicultural Review
    Fall 2004
Description: Wiarda provides a new edition of a pioneering exploration of Latin American political culture, the autoritarian tradition, and the recent transitions to democracy and the special meaning of that term in the Latin American context. The volume contains a provocative Introduction and Conclusion by the editor as well as essays by leading scholars of Latin American politics and history: Richard Morse, Octavio Paz, Glen Dealy, Peter Smith, and others. This is a classic collection, newly revised and updated.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Interpreting Latin America's Politics on It's Own Terms by Howard J. Wiarda and Margaret Macheish Mott
  • The Political Culture Framework
  • Patterns of Continuity in Latin American Society: Political and Historical Perspectives by Roland H. Ebel
  • Two Cultures and Political Behavior in Latin America by Glen Caudill Dealy
  • Historical Factors
  • The Latin American Tradition by Roland H. Ebel and Raymond Taras
  • Spanish American Past: Enemy of Change by Donald E. Worcester
  • Science, Technology, and Hispanic America by Irving A. Leonard
  • Claims of Political Tradition by Richard M. Morse
  • Historical Determinants of the Latin American State: The Tradition of Bureaucratic-Patrimonialism, Corporatism, Centralism, and Authoritarianism by Howard J. Wiarda
  • Politics and Social Change
  • The Tradition of Higher Laws in Latin America by Margaret MacLeish Mott
  • Latin America and Democracy by Octavio Paz
  • From El Cid to El Hugo: The Hero and the Mystique of Liberation in Latin America by Dolores Moyano Martin
  • Latin America's Magical Liberalism by Tina Rosenberg
  • The News About Religion in Latin America by Daniel Levine
  • Foreign Policy Implications
  • On Democracy and Democratization by Peter H. Smith
  • Consensus Found, Consensus Lost: Disjunctures in U.S. Policy Toward Latin America in the New Millennium by Howard J. Wiarda
  • Conclusion
  • Suggested Readings
  • Index
  • About the Contributors
LC Card Number: 2003048239
LCC Class: JL966
Dewey Class: 320
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