1st Edition
Politics And Social Change In Latin America Still A Distinct Tradition? Third Edition
By Howard J. Wiarda
Copyright 1993
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since the appearance of the first edition of this text in 1974, the book has stimulated an ongoing debate about the nature of the Latin American development process. Although the essays discuss a wide range of historical, economic, political, and social issues, they are unified in arguing that the Latin American experience of development is subject to special imperatives of analysis and... Read more
Preface -- Introduction: Social Change, Political Development, and the Latin American Tradition -- Historical Interpretations -- A Framework for Latin American Culture -- The Spanish American Past—Enemy of Change -- The Tradition of Monistic Democracy in Latin America -- Claims of Political Tradition -- Independence, Change, and the Special Nature of Latin American Development -- Centralism and Nationalism in Latin America -- Toward a Theory of Spanish American Government -- Spanish America, 1900–1970: Tradition and Social Innovation -- From Church and State to Religion and Politics and Back Again -- Toward a Framework for Analysis and Understanding -- Latin America: Illusion or Reality? A Case for a New Analytic Framework for the Region -- Law and Political Development in Latin America: Toward a Framework for Analysis -- Toward a Theory of Latin American Politics -- Understanding Latin American Politics: Analytic Models and Intellectual Traditions -- Implications for Policy -- Pipe Dreams: The Pluralistic Latins -- On Democracy and Democratization -- Conclusion: Toward a Model of Social Change and Political Development in Latin America—Summary, Implications, Frontiers
Biography
Howard J. Wiarda,
