Success of the Left in Latin America

Rosario Queirolo

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• Why, since the beginning of the twenty-first century, have so many Latin American countries elected governments identifying themselves with the ideolo... Lees meer

Power in the Balance

Barry S Levitt

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• In Power in the Balance: Presidents, Parties, and Legislatures in Peru and Beyond , Barry S. Levitt answers urgent questions about executive power in ... Lees meer

Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• What are the consequences of different paths toward democracy? How can religion support democratic diversity? And what ongoing dilemmas do democratic ... Lees meer

Roots of Brazil

Sérgio Buarque de Holanda

• Paperback | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• Sérgio Buarque de Holanda's Roots of Brazil is one of the iconic books on Brazilian history, society, and culture. Originally published in 1936, it ap... Lees meer

Making a Modern Political Order

James J Sheehan

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• Sheehan's thoughtful book makes a convincing case that the modern political order arises out of people's shared expectations and hopes, without which ... Lees meer

Formation of Souls

José Murilo de Carvalho

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• In The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil , José Murilo de Carvalho examines the birth of the Brazilian Republic in 1889. Given tha... Lees meer

Origins of Argentina's Revolution of the Right

Alberto Spektorowski

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• The Origins of Argentina's Revolution of the Right traces the ideological roots and political impact of Argentine right-wing nationalism as it develop... Lees meer

Counterpoints

Guillermo O'Donnell

• Paperback | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• The central, driving theme of this volume is democracy, its vicissitudes and its possibilities in Latin America. Guillermo O'Donnell considers the pat... Lees meer

Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile

Pablo Policzer

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• In The Rise and Fall of Repression in Chile , Pablo Policzer tackles the difficult task of analyzing how authoritarian regimes utilize coercion. Even ... Lees meer

Power and Regionalism in Latin America

Laura Gómez-Mera

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• In Power and Regionalism in Latin America: The Politics of MERCOSUR , Laura Gómez-Mera examines the erratic patterns of regional economic cooperation ... Lees meer

Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ligia de Jesús Castaldi

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• Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean is the first major book to analyze the abortion laws of the Latin American and Caribbean nations that are ... Lees meer

Maryknoll Catholic Mission in Peru, 1943-1989

Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• Maryknoll Catholic missionaries from the United States settled in Peru in 1943 believing they could save a "backward" Catholic Church from poverty, a ... Lees meer

Authoritarian Legacies and Democracy in Latin America and Southern Europe

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• Authoritarian Legacies and Democracy in Latin America and Southern Europe brings together well-known comparative political scientists to define and ex... Lees meer

Political Careers, Corruption, and Impunity

Carlos Guevara Mann

• Paperback | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• In Political Careers, Corruption, and Impunity: Panama's Assembly, 1984-2009, Carlos Guevara Mann systematically examines the behavior of the members ... Lees meer

Religious Pluralism, Democracy, and the Catholic Church in Latin America

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• The Roman Catholic Church in Latin America faces significant and unprecedented challenges. Most prominent among them are secularization, globalizing c... Lees meer

Looking Forward

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• In Looking Forward , Marifeli Perez-Stable and her colleagues imagine Cuba's future after the "poof moment"--Jorge I. Domínguez's vivid phrase--when t... Lees meer

Authoritarian El Salvador

Erik Ching

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• In December 1931, El Salvador's civilian president, Arturo Araujo, was overthrown in a military coup. Such an event was hardly unique in Salvadoran hi... Lees meer

The Catholic Church and Democracy in Chile and Peru

Michael Fleet, Brian H Smith

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• Recent changes imposed by the Vatican may redefine the Chilean and Peruvian Church's involvement in politics and social issues. Fleet and Smith argue ... Lees meer

Monsignor Romero

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• Monsignor Romero: A Bishop for the Third Millennium is a collection of a series of speeches given in honor of the late archbishop by distinguished vis... Lees meer

Origins of Argentina's Revolution of the Right

Alberto Spektorowski

• Paperback | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• The Origins of Argentina's Revolution of the Right traces the ideological roots and political impact of Argentine right-wing nationalism as it develop... Lees meer

Chile's Political Culture Parties

Larissa Adler Lomnitz, Ana Meinick

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• The concept of political culture is young-born from the need to explain the dramatic sociological and political changes that occurred in Europe both d... Lees meer

Dissonances

Guillermo O'Donnell

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• Guillermo O'Donnell here brings together a collection of significant recent essays in which he considers both the method for and substance of critique... Lees meer

Corruption and Democracy in Brazil

• Paperback | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• Brazil, the world's fourth largest democracy, has been plagued in recent years by corruption scandals. Corruption and Democracy in Brazil: The Struggl... Lees meer

Integral Human Development

• Hardcover | Engels | Kellogg Institute Democracy and Development
• This volume brings into conversation two major moral traditions in the social sciences and humanities that offer common areas for understanding, inter... Lees meer