Dilemmas of democracy in Latin America : crises and opportunity /
Wiarda, Howard J.,1939-
Skelley, Esther M.
Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Latin America in comparative perspective -- Three paradigms for interpreting Latin America -- Civil society in Latin America -- Human rights in Latin America -- The dilemmas of democracy in the Dominican Republic -- Venezuela and Argentina : development and disintegration -- Cuba and Marxism-Leninism -- Democracy and U.S. policy in the Caribbean basin -- Reassessing U.S. policy in Latin America -- Neoliberalism and its problems -- Transitions to democracy, or something less than that?
Democracy