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Latin America: Its Problems and its Promise: A Multidisciplinary Introduction

ISBN: 9780813344003 | 081334400X
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Perseus Books
Pub. Date: 8/3/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Now in a fifth edition,Latin Americahas been updated to reflect the regionrs"s growing optimism as economies stabilize, trade diversifies, and political systems become more participatory. This multidisciplinary survey of Latin American history, politics, and society features invited contributions from authorities in a variety of fields. New sections address current events including deforestation in Costa Rica and Brazil, emerging social movements, Ecuadorrs"s new constitution, and Obamars"s stated objectives to repair U.S. relations with the re... MORE
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List of Maps, Tables, Figures, and Illustrationsp. ix
Introduction: Latin America Leading the Learning Curvep. 1
The Land and the People
Landscape and Settlement Patternsp. 23
The Indian Populations of Latin Americap. 39
A Harmonizing and Disharmonizing Human and Natural Environmentsp. 56
Historical Setting
Colonial Latin Americap. 77
Latin America Since Independence: An Overviewp. 86
Economic and Social Structures
Latin American Economies Restructure, Againp. 101
Social Structure and Change in Latin Americap. 117
Strategies and Trends in Latin American Activismp. 138
Political Processes and Trends
Participation and Political Process: The Collapsible Pyramidp. 159
Women and Latin American Politics: Participation, Citizenship, and Democracyp. 190
Globalization, Insecurity, and Crisis in the Americasp. 207
External Relations
International Relations in Latin America: Conflict and Cooperationp. 229
The United States and Latin America: Into a New Erap. 244
Mexico and Central America
Mexico: A Revolution Laid to Rest?p. 273
Central America: From Revolution to ôLow-Intensity Democraciesöp. 302
Panama and the Canalp. 324
Cuba and the Caribbean
The Cuban Revolutionp. 339
The Caribbean: The Structure of Modern-Conservative Societiesp. 364
The Andes
Colombia's Split-Level Realitiesp. 381
Venezuela: The Challenge to a ôModel Democracyöp. 399
Ecuador: Political Turmoil, Social Mobilization, and a Turn Toward the Leftp. 413
Peru: Precarious Democracy amid Dependent Development in a Divided Nationp. 429
Bolivia: An Indigenous Movement Consolidates Powerp. 443
Brazil and the Southern Cone
Brazil: From Military Regime to Workers' Party Governmentp. 457
Chile: The Development, Breakdown, and Recovery of Democracyp. 488
Argentina: Decline and Revivalp. 524
Uruguay and Paraguay: An Arduous Transitionp. 538
Conclusion: A New Kind of Togethernessp. 564
Acknowledgmentsp. 581
About the Book, Editor, and Contributorsp. 583
Indexp. 591
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Jan Knippers Black is a professor in the Graduate School of International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. She has authored or edited and co-authored a dozen books, including Development in Theory and Practice: Paradigms and Paradoxes, Second Edition (Westview Press, 1999).


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