Costa Rica
Subtitle: politics, economics, and democracy
By: Bruce M. Wilson.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Democracy -- Costa Rica.; Costa Rica -- Politics and government.; Costa Rica -- Economic conditions.; Costa Rica -- Economic policy.
Description: How does one explain Costa Rica's political stability? What features, for example, have allowed the country to respond to its profound economic problems in patterns so different from those prevailing in the region? In addressing these questions, Wilson provides a comprehensive study of Costa Rica's political and economic development from the colonial period to the present, with an emphasis on its contemporary political economy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.