Between tyranny and anarchy
Subtitle: a history of democracy in Latin America, 1800-2006
By: Paul W. Drake.
Series: Social science history; Social science history
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780804760010; 9780804760027
Subjects: Democracy -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century; Democracy -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 19th century; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The theory and history of Latin American democracy, 1800-2006; title: The historical evolution of Latin American democratic institutions, 1800-2006; title: The Bolívarian legacy : struggles toward democracy during the wars for independence, 1800s-1820s; title: The archaeology of democracy after independence, 1820s-1870s; title: Oligarchic republicanism, 1880s-1920s; title: Populist democracy, 1930s-1970s; title: The tsunami of neoliberal democracies, 1970s-2000s; title: Two centuries of building democracy in Latin America, 1800-2006.