188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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Tracing the development and decay of political parties in Latin America, this book suggests that the sociological or environmental explanations of political parties are inadequate in explaining why institutionalized political parties develop in some societies and not in others.
Westview Special Studies -- Introduction -- Political Leadership and Political Parties -- The Successful Institution Builders -- Plutarco Calles and the Formation of the Mexican PRI -- Rafael Trujillo and the Dominican Party -- Rómulo Betancourt and Acción Democrática -- The Failures -- Hipólito Yrigoyen and the Unión Cívica Radical -- The Lion of Tarapacá -- Ramón Grau San Martín and the Cuban Revolution -- Indo-Americanism in Peru -- The Autumn of the Patriarch -- Political Leaders and Political Parties
Biography
Duff, Ernest A.
