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Author: Mitchell A. Seligson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume represents a continuation and significant expansion of the study of the relationship of elections to democracy in Central America that the editors began with Elections and Democracy in Central America.
Author: Richard Nadeau
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2017-01-19
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 0472130226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprehensive study of the application of the Michigan model to explain voting behavior in Latin America
Author: John A. Booth
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 234
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John A. Booth
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-01-24
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1000768910
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this seventh edition, John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker update a classic in the field which invites students to explore the histories, economies, and politics of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Covering the region's political and economic development from the early 1800s onward, the authors bring the Central American story up to date. New to the 7th Edition: Analysis of trends in human rights performance, political violence, and evolution of regime types; Updated findings from surveys to examine levels of political participation and support for democratic norms among Central Americans; Historical and current-era material on indigenous peoples and other racial minorities; Discussion of popular attitudes toward political rights for homosexuals, and LGBTQ access to public services; Discussion of women’s rights and access to reproductive health services, and women’s integration into elective offices; Tracing evolving party systems, national elections, and US policy toward the region under the Obama and Trump administrations; Central America’s international concerns including Venezuela’s shrinking role as an alternative source of foreign aid and antagonist to US policy in the region, and migration among and through Central American nations. Understanding Central America is an ideal text for all students of Latin American politics and is highly recommended for courses on Central American politics, social systems, and history.
Author: Mitchell A. Seligson
Publisher: LAPOP
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780979217876
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Latin American Studies Association. International Congress
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780842027687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor Central America, the last third of the 20th century was a time of dramatic change in which most countries shifted from dictatorships to formal political democracy. This study demonstrates how revolt and revolution served as the motors of political change in Central America. The book examines the various ways in which democratic transition has taken place - all of which have been distinct from countries in South America, where democratization was relatively sudden and peaceful. It analyzes the major forces shaping change in the region and provides the recent political history of all six Central American countries: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama. Each country's particular transition should add to the reader's understanding of democratization.
Author: Henry A. Dietz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780842026284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUrban Elections in Democratic Latin America explores the electoral politics of several of the major urban centers and capital cities of democratic Latin America. The primacy of urban centers throughout Latin America magnifies the importance of this study. Latin America is over two-thirds urban, and two of the world's three largest cities are now Latin America: the metropolitan areas of Mexico City and Sao Paulo.
Author: Kevin Pallister
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2024
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 1538189046
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book provides an overview of elections throughout Latin America, including formal electoral institutions, informal practices, and the behavior of voters and candidates. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly and primary sources, the book provides readers with a highly accessible look at how elections in Latin America work"--
Author: Scott Mainwaring
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-02-08
Total Pages: 525
ISBN-13: 1107175526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book generates a wealth of new empirical information about Latin American party systems and contributes richly to major theoretical debates about party systems and democracy.
Author: James Mahoney
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2003-04-01
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 0801876427
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the Barrington Moore Jr. Prize for the Best Book in Comparative and Historical Sociology from the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the Best Book Award in the Comparative Democratization Section from the American Political Science Association Despite their many similarities, Central American countries during the twentieth century were characterized by remarkably different political regimes. In a comparative analysis of Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua, James Mahoney argues that these political differences were legacies of the nineteenth-century liberal reform period. Presenting a theory of "path dependence," Mahoney shows how choices made at crucial turning points in Central American history established certain directions of change and foreclosed others to shape long-term development. By the middle of the twentieth century, three types of political regimes characterized the five nations considered in this study: military-authoritarian (Guatemala, El Salvador), liberal democratic (Costa Rica), and traditional dictatorial (Honduras, Nicaragua). As Mahoney shows, each type is the end point of choices regarding state and agrarian development made by these countries early in the nineteenth century. Applying his conclusions to present-day attempts at market creation in a neoliberal era, Mahoney warns that overzealous pursuit of market creation can have severely negative long-term political consequences. The Legacies of Liberalism presents new insight into the role of leadership in political development, the place of domestic politics in the analysis of foreign intervention, and the role of the state in the creation of early capitalism. The book offers a general theoretical framework that will be of broad interest to scholars of comparative politics and political development, and its overall argument will stir debate among historians of particular Central American countries.
