State and society in conflict
Subtitle: comparative perspectives on Andean crises
By: edited by Paul W. Drake and Eric Hershberg
Contributors: Drake, Paul W., 1944-; Hershberg, Eric
Series: Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Social conflict -- Andes Region; Andes Region -- Politics and government; Andes Region -- Economic conditions; Andes Region -- Social conditions
Description: "State and Society in Conflict analyzes one of the most volatile regions in Latin America, the Andean states of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. For the last twenty-five years, crises in these five Andean countries have endangered Latin America's democracies and strained their relations with the United States. As these nations struggle to cope with demands from Washington on security policies (emphasizing drugs and terrorism), neoliberal economics, and democratic politics, their resulting domestic travails can be seen in poor economic growth, unequal wealth distribution, mounting social unrest, and escalating political instability."

"The contributors to this volume examine the histories, politics, and cultures of the Andean nations, and argue that, due to their shared history and modern circumstances, these countries are suffering a shared crisis of deteriorating relations between state and society that is best understood in regional, not purely national, terms. The results, in some cases, have been semi-authoritarian hybrid regimes that lurch from crisis to crisis, often controlled through force, though clinging to a notion of democracy. The solution to these problems - whether through democratic, authoritarian, peaceful, or violent means - will have profound implications for the region and its future relations with the world."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: The crisis of state-society relations in the post-1980s Andes / Paul W. Drake and Eric Hershberg; title: Unfinished states: historical perspectives on the Andes / Jeremy Adelman; title: A transregional security cartography of the Andes / Ann Mason and Arlene Tickner; title: The Andean economies: questions of poverty, growth, and equity / John Sheahan; title: Technocrats, citizens, and second-generation reforms: Colombia's Andean malaise / Eric Hershberg; title: Turning crisis into opportunity: achievements of excluded groups in the Andes / Donna Lee Van Cott; title: Ethnic politics and political instability in the Andes / Deborah J. Yashar; title: Contesting the terrain of politics: state-society relations in urban Peru, 1950-2000 / Jo-Marie Burt; title: Checks and imbalances: problems with congress in Colombia and Ecuador, 1978-2003 / Francisco Gutiâérrez Sanín; title: Sowing democracy in Venezuela: advances and challenges in a time of change / Miriam Kornblith