Forgotten continent
Subtitle: the battle for Latin America's soul
By: Michael Reid
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780300116168
Subjects: Democracy -- Latin America -- History; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-; Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1982-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-365) and index
Table of contents: title: The forgotten continent; title: The Latin American conundrum; title: The seed of democracy in the land of the caudillo; title: Cold War and revolution : the United States and the left reject democracy; title: Failed reformers, debt-ridden dictators : the right rejects democracy; title: The rise and fall of the Washington consensus; title: The populist challenge; title: The reformist response; title: Changing societies; title: Evolving states; title: The stubborn resilience of flawed democracies; title: The loneliness of Latin America