Political Parties And Democracy In Central America

Part 1 The role of political parties in national political systems: colonial heritage, external domination and political systems in Central America, Rodolf Cerdas Cruz; the transitions to "Electoral" and democratic politics in Central America - assessing the role of political parties, Morris J.Blachman and Kenneth E.Sharpe; politicized warriors - the military and Central American politics, Richard L.Millett; constitutional framework of the political parties of Central America - from exclusion to participation, Jorge Mario Garcia Laguardia; Nicaragua 1944-1984 political parties and electoral processes, Virgilio Godoy Reyes; the origin and development of the political parties in Honduras, Ernesto Paz Aguilar; political parties, party systems and democracy in Costa Rica, Jose Luis Vega Carballo; parties, transitions, and the political system in Guatemala, Hector Rosada Granados; party politics in Belize, Assad Shoman; Panama - political parties, social crisis and democracy in the 1980s, David A.Smith. Part 2 Political parties and their international connections: projecting democracy in Central America - old wine, new bottles?, Cynthia J.Arnson and Johanna Mendelson Forman; The Soviet Union and Cuba in Central America - guardians against democracy?, Wayne S. Smith; religion and democratization in Central America, Margaret E.Crahan; the party internationals and democracy in Central America, Wolf Grabendorff; transnational parties and Central American democratization, Ralph M.Goldman; the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the communist movement in Central America, Sergo Mikoyan; the official party of Mexico and the country's diplomacy in Central America, Adolof Aguilar Zinser.