This study of Costa Rica describes how society and politics developed around an expanding, export-oriented coffee oligarchy. The author provides the historical background for an analysis of the political events that led to the demise of this oligarchy's influence in national politics, and the resulting establishment of a successful liberal democracy. The author presents a critical analysis of the developmental model inaugurated in 1948 by the forces led by Jose Figueres Ferrer, a model that has provided Latin America's most enduring non-revolutionary challenge to the dominance of landed elites in these societies. The text is aimed at students in departments of sociology, Latin American studies, and developmental and Third World studies.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Basingstoke
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Illustrationen
tables, references, glossary, index
Maße
Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 148 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-333-47269-9 (9780333472699)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Estate economy in Costa Rica - class formation, politics and underdevelopment; economic decline and political crisis; emergence of the interventionist state; the state and the coffee oligarchy - an historical compromise; coffee and the Costa Rican model of development; changing class structure in the coffee sector - 1950-1978; diversification beyond the agro-export model; landlord capitalism development and democracy.
