Latin American Politics and Society

Latin American Politics and Society

A Comparative and Historical Analysis

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Cambridge University Press

06/2022

658

Mole

Inglês

9781108708555

15 a 20 dias

1390

- Preface
- Introduction: Latin American politics and society
- Part I. A Historical Overview: 1. The state and state capacity
- 2. Nation building, race, and ethnicity
- 3. Political regimes and democracy
- 4. Development models and socioeconomic welfare
- Part II. Problems of Democracy in a Democratic Age: 5. Democracy and the quality of democracy: the never-ending quest
- 6. Political inclusion and institutional innovations: women, indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, and ordinary people
- 7. Political parties and the citizen-politician link: the persistent crisis of representation
- Part III. Civil Rights as a Problem for Democracy: 8. The protection of civil rights: a pending task for democracies
- 9. Transitional justice: responses to past human rights violations
- 10. High-level corruption: public officials against the public interest
- 11. The new violence: homicides, drugs, and the state
- Part IV. Social Rights as a Problem for Democracy: 12. Social rights in law and reality: the dilemmas of democracy in unequal societies
- 13. Sustainable development and neoextractivism: growth, the environment, and social action
- 14. Basic social inclusion and social policy: CCTs as a poverty reduction policy
- 15. Unequal democracies: the paradox of political equality and social inequality
- Conclusion: 16. Latin America in perspective: lessons and prospects
- Appendix. A timeline of Latin America
- Glossary
- References
- Index.