Routledge handbook of Latin American politics /
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| Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 2012. |
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| Description: | xxxiv, 596 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge handbooks Routledge handbooks. |
| Subject: | Democracy -- Latin America. Democracy. Diplomatic relations. Economic history. Economic policy. Politics and government. Social conditions. Social policy. Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980- Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1948-1980. Latin America -- Social conditions -- 1982- Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982- Latin America -- Economic policy. Latin America -- Social policy. Latin America -- Foreign relations -- 1980- Latin America. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8691433 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I. Democratic Governance and Political Institutions
- 1. The Origins and Durability of Democracy
- 2. Presidentialism and Legislatures
- 3. Decentralization and Federalism
- 4. Parties, Party Systems, and Political Representation
- 5. "A Tale of Two Cities": The Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Latin America
- 6. The Latin American Military
- 7. Informal Institutions and Politics in Latin America
- 8. Accountability and Representation in Latin America
- 9. Human Rights and Military Abuses
- Part II. Development
- 10. Neoliberalism and Its Alternatives
- 11. Declining Inequality in Latin America: Some Economics
- 12. Environment and Sustainable Development
- 13. Social Policies in Latin America: Causes, Characteristics, and Consequences
- 14. The Political Economy of Regulatory Policy: Economic Crisis and Privatization in the 1990s
- Part III. Actors/Social Groups
- 15. Social Movements in Latin America
- 16. Understanding the Vagaries of Civil Society and Participation in Latin America
- 17. Labor
- 18. Business Politics in Latin America: Investigating Structures, Preferences, and Influence
- 19. Indigenous Politics: Between Democracy and Danger
- 20. Race, Politics, and Afro-Latin Americans
- 21. Gender
- Part IV. International Concerns
- 22. U.S.-Latin American Relations: Power, Politics, and Cooperation
- 23. Intra-Latin American Relations: The Challenge of Promoting Cooperation While Defending Sovereignty
- 24. International Economic Relations/International Development Institutions
- 25. The Politics of Drugs and Illicit Trade in the Americas
- Part V. Theories/Methods
- 26. Institutionalism
- 27. Culture and/or Postmodernism
- 28. The Integration of Rational Choice into the Study of Politics in Latin America
- 29. The Enduring Influence of Historical-Structural Approaches
- 30. Natural and Field Experiments in the Study of Latin American Politics
- 31. Public Opinion Research in Latin America
- Part VI. Critical Reflections on the State of the Field
- 32. What's Next? Reflections on the Future of Latin American Political Science
- 33. The Blessings of Troubles: Scholarly Innovation in Response to Latin America's Challenges
- 34. State of the Field: Political Regimes and the Study of Democratic Politics
- 35. Latin American Political Regimes in Comparative Perspective
- 36. Popular Representation in Contemporary Latin American Politics: An Agenda for Research
- Index
