Democracy in Latin America
Subtitle: mobilization, power, and the search for a new politics
By: Geraldine Lievesley
Series: Perspectives on democratization
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780719043109; 9780719043116
Subjects: Politics and government; Demokratisierung; Democracy; Démocratie; Politique et gouvernement; Democratization; Démocratisation; Democratie; Politieke situatie
Description: This textbook provides an understanding of the process of democratization in Latin America. The author explores the various paths to democracy followed in different countries of the region.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: Models of democracy; title: Official politics; title: The left and democracy; title: The politics of the poor; title: The political power of women; title: The constraints upon democracy