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Politics of Latin America : the power game
- Title
- Politics of Latin America : the power game / Harry E. Vanden, Gary Prevost.
- Author
- Vanden, Harry E.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Prevost, Gary
- Description
- xxxi, 672 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Politics of Latin America: The Power Game, Seventh Edition explores both the evolution and the current state of the political scene in Latin America. This text demonstrates a nuanced sensitivity to the use and abuse of power and the importance of social conditions, gender, race, globalization, and political economy throughout Latin America. Unique in the market, the text is divided into two parts-thematic chapters in the beginning of the text explore big picture issues and themes in the region; country by country chapters in the second half of the text provide in-depth discussions of those issues and themes, country by country. The thematic chapters outline the region's geographic setting, history, economics, society, gender, race, and religion, setting the stage for a more detailed analysis of the politics, democratization, political culture, political movements, and revolution in Latin America. The second part of the book consists of carefully constructed case studies of ten representative Latin American nations: Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Bolivia. Each case study traces the historical and political development of key actors and institutions, analyzing contemporary power configurations"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- An introduction to twenty-first century Latin America -- Early history -- Democracy and dictators : a historical overview from independence to the present day -- The other Americans -- Society, family, and gender -- Religion in Latin America -- The political economy of Latin America -- Democracy and authoritarianism : Latin American political culture -- Politics, power, institutions, and actors -- Struggling for change : revolution, social and political movements in Latin America -- U.S.-Latin American relations -- Mexico / Nora Hamilton and Patrice Olsen -- Argentina / Aldo C. Vacs -- Brazil / Wilber Albert Chaffee -- Chile / Eduardo Silva -- Colombia / John C. Dugas -- Venezuela / Daniel Hellinger -- Bolivia / Waltraud Q. Morales and Annabelle Conroy -- Cuba / Gary Prevost -- Guatemala / Susanne Jonas and Harry E. Vanden -- Nicaragua / Gary Prevost and Harry E. Vanden -- Appendix 1: Presidential elections -- Appendix 2: Recent legislative elections.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-2144
- ISBN
- 9780197527603
- 0197527604
- LCCN
- 2020019984
- OCLC
- 1154113049
- Author
- Vanden, Harry E., author.
- Title
- Politics of Latin America : the power game / Harry E. Vanden, Gary Prevost.
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Edition
- Seventh edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Prevost, Gary, author.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Vanden, Harry E., Politics of Latin America Seventh edition. New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. 9780197527610 (DLC) 2020019985
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-2144