Author: Donna Lee Van Cott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521707039
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Provides a detailed treatment of an important topic that has received no scholarly attention: the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples' movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and their failure to succeed in two others (Argentina, Peru). The parties studied are crucial components of major trends in the region. By providing to voters clear programs for governing, and reaching out in particular to under-represented social groups, they have enhanced the quality of democracy and representative government. Based on extensive original research and detailed historical case studies, the book links historical institutional analysis and social movement theory to a study of the political systems in which the new ethnic cleavages emerged. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications for democracy of the emergence of this phenomenon in the context of declining public support for parties.
From Movements to Parties in Latin America
Author: Donna Lee Van Cott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521707039
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Provides a detailed treatment of an important topic that has received no scholarly attention: the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples' movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and their failure to succeed in two others (Argentina, Peru). The parties studied are crucial components of major trends in the region. By providing to voters clear programs for governing, and reaching out in particular to under-represented social groups, they have enhanced the quality of democracy and representative government. Based on extensive original research and detailed historical case studies, the book links historical institutional analysis and social movement theory to a study of the political systems in which the new ethnic cleavages emerged. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications for democracy of the emergence of this phenomenon in the context of declining public support for parties.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521707039
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Provides a detailed treatment of an important topic that has received no scholarly attention: the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples' movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and their failure to succeed in two others (Argentina, Peru). The parties studied are crucial components of major trends in the region. By providing to voters clear programs for governing, and reaching out in particular to under-represented social groups, they have enhanced the quality of democracy and representative government. Based on extensive original research and detailed historical case studies, the book links historical institutional analysis and social movement theory to a study of the political systems in which the new ethnic cleavages emerged. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications for democracy of the emergence of this phenomenon in the context of declining public support for parties.
Herbert Hoover's Latin-American Policy
Author: Alexander DeConde
Publisher: New York : Octagon Books, 1970 [c1951]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Octagon Books, 1970 [c1951]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Latin American Politics
Author: David Close
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442604190
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Highlighting eleven different topics in separate chapters, the thematic approach of Latin American Politics offers students the conceptual tools they need to analyze the political systems of all twenty Latin American nations. Such a structure makes the book self-consciously comparative, allowing students to become stronger analysts of comparative politics and better political scientists in general.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442604190
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Highlighting eleven different topics in separate chapters, the thematic approach of Latin American Politics offers students the conceptual tools they need to analyze the political systems of all twenty Latin American nations. Such a structure makes the book self-consciously comparative, allowing students to become stronger analysts of comparative politics and better political scientists in general.
EU Foreign Policy Towards Latin America
Author: R. Dominguez
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137321288
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This book analyzes the relations between two geographical areas with different levels of regional institutionalization: the European Union and Latin America. Characterized by low interdependence and asymmetry, this relationship operates in different levels ranging from EU-individual countries to EU-Latin American summits.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137321288
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This book analyzes the relations between two geographical areas with different levels of regional institutionalization: the European Union and Latin America. Characterized by low interdependence and asymmetry, this relationship operates in different levels ranging from EU-individual countries to EU-Latin American summits.
The Economics of Contemporary Latin America
Author: Beatriz Armendariz
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262337878
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Analysis of Latin America's economy focusing on development, covering the colonial roots of inequality, boom and bust cycles, labor markets, and fiscal and monetary policy. Latin America is richly endowed with natural resources, fertile land, and vibrant cultures. Yet the region remains much poorer than its neighbors to the north. Most Latin American countries have not achieved standards of living and stable institutions comparable to those found in developed countries, have experienced repeated boom-bust cycles, and remain heavily reliant on primary commodities. This book studies the historical roots of Latin America's contemporary economic and social development, focusing on poverty and income inequality dating back to colonial times. It addresses today's legacies of the market-friendly reforms that took hold in the 1980s and 1990s by examining successful stabilizations and homemade monetary and fiscal institutional reforms. It offers a detailed analysis of trade and financial liberalization, twenty–first century-growth, and the decline in poverty and income inequality. Finally, the book offers an overall analysis of inclusive growth policies for development—including gender issues and the informal sector—and the challenges that lie ahead for the region, with special attention to pressing demands by the vibrant and vocal middle class, youth unemployment, and indigenous populations.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262337878
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Analysis of Latin America's economy focusing on development, covering the colonial roots of inequality, boom and bust cycles, labor markets, and fiscal and monetary policy. Latin America is richly endowed with natural resources, fertile land, and vibrant cultures. Yet the region remains much poorer than its neighbors to the north. Most Latin American countries have not achieved standards of living and stable institutions comparable to those found in developed countries, have experienced repeated boom-bust cycles, and remain heavily reliant on primary commodities. This book studies the historical roots of Latin America's contemporary economic and social development, focusing on poverty and income inequality dating back to colonial times. It addresses today's legacies of the market-friendly reforms that took hold in the 1980s and 1990s by examining successful stabilizations and homemade monetary and fiscal institutional reforms. It offers a detailed analysis of trade and financial liberalization, twenty–first century-growth, and the decline in poverty and income inequality. Finally, the book offers an overall analysis of inclusive growth policies for development—including gender issues and the informal sector—and the challenges that lie ahead for the region, with special attention to pressing demands by the vibrant and vocal middle class, youth unemployment, and indigenous populations.
Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy
Author: Frank O. Mora
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742516014
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Latin American and Caribbean country foreign policy studies. Good bibliography.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742516014
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Latin American and Caribbean country foreign policy studies. Good bibliography.
Social Security in Latin America
Author: Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 082297620X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A comprehensive and sophisticated study of the relationship between social security policy and inequality in Latin America. Individual case studies of Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, and Mexico are presented, that provide a historical analysis of each country's social security policy, the pressure groups involved, the present structure of the systems, and a statistical examination of the inequality among these pressure groups.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 082297620X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A comprehensive and sophisticated study of the relationship between social security policy and inequality in Latin America. Individual case studies of Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, and Mexico are presented, that provide a historical analysis of each country's social security policy, the pressure groups involved, the present structure of the systems, and a statistical examination of the inequality among these pressure groups.
The Resilience of the Latin American Right
Author: Juan Pablo Luna
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421413906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Students and scholars of both Latin American politics and comparative politics will find The Resilience of the Latin American Right of vital interest.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421413906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Students and scholars of both Latin American politics and comparative politics will find The Resilience of the Latin American Right of vital interest.
Falling Inequality in Latin America
Author: Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198701802
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This volume documents and explains the reduction of income inequality that has taken place in the majority of Latin American countries over the last decade.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198701802
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This volume documents and explains the reduction of income inequality that has taken place in the majority of Latin American countries over the last decade.
The Cambridge History of Latin America
Author: Leslie Bethell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Enth.: Bd. 1-2: Colonial Latin America ; Bd. 3: From Independence to c. 1870 ; Bd. 4-5: c. 1870 to 1930 ; Bd. 6-10: Latin America since 1930 ; Bd. 11: Bibliographical essays.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Enth.: Bd. 1-2: Colonial Latin America ; Bd. 3: From Independence to c. 1870 ; Bd. 4-5: c. 1870 to 1930 ; Bd. 6-10: Latin America since 1930 ; Bd. 11: Bibliographical essays.