Assessing Democracy In Latin America
A Tribute To Russell H. Fitzgibbon
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344 pages
978-0-8133-3445-5 (ISBN)
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Based on data covering 50 years, these essays represent an examination and comparison of the progress of Latin American countries toward democracy. Some contributors focus their analyses on factors relevant to the growth, maintenance or failure of democratic systems, such as two variables - mechanized agriculture and per-capita newspaper circulation - which are identified in the first essay as the best statistical indicators of democracy in Latin America. Others explore a variety of topics such as political parties, social dynamics, and the connection between democracy and environmental movements.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-3445-5 (9780813334455)
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05/1998
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Content
Part 1 Measuring democracy in Latin America - the Fitzgibbon index, Philip Kelly; political parties and the quest for democracy, John D. Martz; social democracy, Robert L. Peterson; democracy and the environment in Latin America, Kathryn Hochstetler and Steven Mumme; democracy then and now - a personal memoir, Martin C. Needler. Part 2 Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean: Mexico's problematic transition toward democracy, Guy Poitras; province versus the centre - democratizing Mexico's political culture, Roderic Ai Camp; the quest for Central American democracy since 1945, Thomas M. Leonard; elections and democracy in Central America - the curious cases of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Charles L. Stansifer; institutional development, democratization and independence in the anglophone Caribbean, W. Marvin Will; passion and democracy in Cuba, Damin J. Fernandez; Haitian democracy - oxymoron or emerging reality?, Richard L. Millett; the dilemmas of democracy in the Dominican Republic - a paradigm for all of Latin America, Howard J. Wiarda. Part 3 South America: the emergence of a democratic political culture - Venezuelan professionals' post-1945 democracy David J. Myers; democracy for the few - Ecuador's crisis-prone democracy, Robert E. Biles; democracy in Peru?, David Scott Palmer; democratic crises and assumptions in Chile and Uruguay, Ronald H. McDonald; the military and democracy in Argentina, Jack Child; democracy in Bolivia and Paraguay - a comparison, P. Kelly and Thomas Whigham; democracy and development in Brazil - Cardoso's catch-22, Jan Knippers Black.