Synopses & Reviews
This is a volume which will become invaluable to those attempting to guide the neophyte through the maze of politics in Latin America- Journal of Latin American Studies
Politics Latin America examines the role of Latin America in the world and its importance to the study of politics with particular emphasis on the institutions and processes that exist to guarantee democracy and the forces that threaten to compromise it.
Now in its second edition and fully revised to reflect recent developments in the region, Politics Latin America provides students and teachers with an accessible overview of the regions unique political and economic landscape, covering every aspect of governance in its 21 countries. The book examines the international relations of Latin American states as they seek to carve out a role in an increasingly globalised world and will be an ideal introduction for undergraduate courses in Latin American politics and comparative politics.
Updates and improvements to this edition include:
- More emphasis on business groups and lobbies in Latin American politics
- An accounting of the new regional significance of Brazil as a result of the commodities boom
- More information on inter-country disputes due to the recent political shift to the left
- A consideration of the changes to USLatin American relations with the Obama administration
- Discussion of new forms of commodity dependency as a result of the emergence of China and Russia as global powers and as a result of Nafta
- Updated examples throughout
- Country fact boxes have been moved from Chapter 3 to an appendix at the back, and will also feature on the Companion Website along with timelines
Key features:
- Maps covering central issues such as the cocaine trade and guerrilla organisations
- Timelines and fact boxes for each of the countries covered
- Biographies of key figures
Gavin OToole has taught Latin American politics and democratic theory at Queen Mary, University of London and was a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at Londons Institute for the Study of the Americas. He is also a publisher and journalist and is the author of The Reinvention of Mexico (forthcoming) and the co-editor of Che in Verse (2007).
Synopsis
Politics Latin America has been fully revised to reflect recent developments in the region, providing students and teachers with an accessible overview of the region's unique political and economic landscape.
Synopsis
Politics Latin America has been fully revised to reflect recent developments in the region, providing students and teachers with an accessible overview of the regions unique political and economic landscape.
Politics Latin America has been fully revised to reflect recent developments in the region, providing students and teachers with an accessible overview of the regions unique political and economic landscape.
- Maps covering central issues such as the cocaine trade and guerrilla organisations
- Timelines and fact boxes for each of the countries covered
- Biographies of key figures
Synopsis
This is a volume which will become invaluable to those attempting to guide the neophyte through the maze of politics in Latin America- Journal of Latin American Studies
Politics Latin America examines the role of Latin America in the world and its importance to the study of politics with particular emphasis on the institutions and processes that exist to guarantee democracy and the forces that threaten to compromise it.
Now in its second edition and fully revised to reflect recent developments in the region, Politics Latin America provides students and teachers with an accessible overview of the regions unique political and economic landscape, covering every aspect of governance in its 21 countries. The book examines the international relations of Latin American states as they seek to carve out a role in an increasingly globalised world and will be an ideal introduction for undergraduate courses in Latin American politics and comparative politics.
Updates and improvements to this edition include:
- More emphasis on business groups and lobbies in Latin American politics
- An accounting of the new regional significance of Brazil as a result of the commodities boom
- More information on inter-country disputes due to the recent political shift to the left
- A consideration of the changes to USLatin American relations with the Obama administration
- Discussion of new forms of commodity dependency as a result of the emergence of China and Russia as global powers and as a result of Nafta
- Updated examples throughout
- Country fact boxes have been moved from Chapter 3 to an appendix at the back, and will also feature on the Companion Website along with timelines
Key features:
- Maps covering central issues such as the cocaine trade and guerrilla organisations
- Timelines and fact boxes for each of the countries covered
- Biographies of key figures
Gavin OToole has taught Latin American politics and democratic theory at Queen Mary, University of London and was a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at Londons Institute for the Study of the Americas. He is also a publisher and journalist and is the author of The Reinvention of Mexico (forthcoming) and the co-editor of Che in Verse (2007).
About the Author
Gavin OToole has taught Latin American politics and democratic theory at Queen Mary, University of London and was a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at Londons Institute for the Study of the Americas. He is also a publisher and journalist and is the author of The Reinvention of Mexico (forthcoming) and the co-editor of Che in Verse (2007).
Table of Contents
Contents
List of figures, tables and boxes................................................................................... v
Preface .................................................................................................................. xiv
Acknowledgments.................................................................................................. xviii
Acronyms and abbreviations...................................................................................... xx
Introduction................................................................................................................ 1
Part I An introduction to Latin American history
Chapter 1. From Independence to the 1930s............................................................... 11
Chapter 2. From the 1930s to the 1980s...................................................................... 39
Part II Institutions, processes and actors
Chapter 3. Democratization....................................................................................... 73
Chapter 4. Challenges facing democracy.................................................................. 114
Chapter 5. The presidency....................................................................................... 161
Chapter 6. Legislatures, parties, the judiciary and public administration........................ 190
Chapter 7. Established political actors....................................................................... 236
Chapter 8. Civil society and emergent political actors................................................. 284
Part III International relations
Chapter 9. Inter-state relations within Latin America................................................. 336
Chapter 10. The US and Latin America.................................................................... 384
Chapter 11. Latin America, Europe and Asia............................................................ 445
Part IV Political ideas
Chapter 12. Left and Right....................................................................................... 491
Chapter 13. Identities: Nationalism, Race and Feminism............................................. 561
Part V Economic ideas
Chapter 14. Structuralism and dependency................................................................ 615
Chapter 15. Neoliberalism........................................................................................ 652
Chapter 16. Redistributive models............................................................................. 698
Appendix A. Country timelines and factboxes........................................................... 753
Appendix B. Glossary.............................................................................................. 791
Appendix C. Dramatis personae............................................................................... 824
Bibliography............................................................................................................ 836
Index....................................................................................................................... (x)