Abstract: Contents List of figures, tables and boxes... v Preface ... xiv Acknowledgments... xviii Acronyms and abbreviations... xx Introduction... 1 Part I An introduction to Latin American history Chapter 1. From Independence to the 1930s... 11 Chapter 2. From the 1930s to the 1980s... 39 Part II Institutions, processes and actors Chapter 3. Democratization... 73 Chapter 4. Challenges facing democracy... 114 Chapter 5. The presidency... 161 Chapter 6. Legislatures, parties, the judiciary and public administration... 190 Chapter 7. Established political actors... 236 Chapter 8. Civil society and emergent political actors... 284 Part III International relations Chapter 9. Inter-state relations within Latin America... 336 Chapter 10. The US and Latin America... 384 Chapter 11. Latin America, Europe and Asia... 445 Part IV Political ideas Chapter 12. Left and Right... 491 Chapter 13. Identities: Nationalism, Race and Feminism... 561 Part V Economic ideas Chapter 14. Structuralism and dependency... 615 Chapter 15. Neoliberalism... 652 Chapter 16. Redistributive models... 698 Appendix A. Country timelines and factboxes... 753 Appendix B. Glossary... 791 Appendix C. Dramatis personae... 824 Bibliography... 836 Index... (x)
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-03-15
Language: en
Type: book
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