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1. The Politics of Social Policy Change in Chile and Uruguay

   Retrenchment versus Maintenance, 1973-1998

   By Rossana Castiglioni Nunez

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This work explains the causes of social policy reform in Chile and Uruguay in the areas of health care, pensions and education. Until the 1970s, Chile and Uruguay shared striking similarities....

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Politics of Central American Integration

   By Rafael A. Sánchez Sánchez

   Series: Latin American Studies

   Since its inception in the 1960s to the regional negotiations in the 1990s and onwards, Central American integration has been a process characterized by both dramatic advances and setbacks. This book provides a theoretical explanation of this ebb and flow, examining different stages including the...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. Informal Coalitions and Policymaking in Latin America

   Ecuador in Comparative Perspective

   By Andrés Mejía Acosta

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book explains how presidents achieve market-oriented reforms in a contentious political environment. Using an impressive amount of quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence, most of which is reported for the first time, Mejía Acosta argues that presidents in Ecuador adopted significant...

   Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
4. Contesting the Iron Fist

   Advocacy Networks and Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile

   By Claudio Fuentes

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This work analyzes the interactions and international connections of the "civil rights" and "pro-order" coalitions of state and societal actors in the two countries. The author demonstrates that in democratizing contexts, protecting citizens from police abuse and becomes part of a debate about how...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. Political Change and Environmental Policymaking in Mexico

   By Jordi Diez

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book explores environmental policymaking in Mexico as a vehicle to understanding the broader changes in the policy process within a system undergoing a democratic transformation. It constitutes the first major analysis of environmental policymaking in Mexico at the national level, and examines...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development

   Challenges in Contrasting Regimes with Case Studies of Costa Rica and Cuba

   By Bert Hoffmann

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book examines the political and developmental implications of the new information and communication technologies (NICT) in the Third World. Whereas the concept of the 'digital divide' tends to focus on technological and quantitative indicators, this work stresses the crucial role played by the...

   Published June 27th 2012 by Routledge
7. Insurgency, Authoritarianism, and Drug Trafficking in Mexico's Democratization

   By Jose L. Velasco

   Series: Latin American Studies

   Mexico's "democratic transition" has created a competitive electoral system and a formally plural state. Besides, a peculiar wave of insurgency, started in 1994, has challenged the alleged moderating effect of democratic transition. This book argues that socioeconomic inequality is the main factor...

   Published June 27th 2012 by Routledge
8. Land Privatization in Mexico

   Urbanization, Formation of Regions and Globalization in Ejidos

   By Maria Teresa Vázquez-Castillo

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book analyzes [ejido] land as space of urbanization and location of economic activities and capital and land privatization as a redistributive process with local, urban, regional and global consequences....

   Published May 11th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Politics of Moral Sin

   Abortion and Divorce in Spain, Chile and Argentina

   By Merike Blofield

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book analyzes the problems that arise when women's rights conflict with the views of conservative organized religion. Specifically, it addresses the legalization – or lack thereof – of divorce and abortion in three recently democratized Catholic countries: Spain, Chile, and...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Unfinished Transition to Democracy in Latin America

    By Juan Carlos Calleros-Alarcón

    Series: Latin American Studies

    This book examines the political evolution of the judiciary – a usually overlooked political actor – and its capacity to contribute to the process of democratic consolidation in Latin America during the 1990s. Calleros analyzes twelve countries in order to assess the independence, impartiality,...

    Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge