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Colonial legacy and the post-independence period -- Political regimes and democratic stability -- Guerrillas and revolutions -- US-Latin American relations -- Latin American presidentialism -- Legislatures in Latin America -- Elections and electoral rules -- The judiciary -- Political culture -- Corruption -- Civil liberties and press freedom -- Income inequality, poverty, and the gender gap.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Map -- Chapter 1: Why Study Latin America? -- Chapter 2: Why History Matters -- Chapter 3: Latin America's Political Elites -- Chapter 4: Political Traditions, Political Legacies, and Political Institutions: How Personal Rule and Political Violence Figure in Modern Latin American Politics -- Chapter 5: Political Institutions and the Machinery of Government -- Chapter 6: Parties, Elections, and Movements -- Chapter 7: Unconstitutional Political Change: Coups, Insurgencies, and Revolutions as Contentious Politics -- Chapter 8: Democracy and Democratization -- Chapter 9: Political Economy and Economic Policy in Latin America -- Chapter 10: Latin American International Relations -- Chapter 11: Latin America in Comparative Perspective -- Bibliography -- Index

"For over forty years, Latin American Politics and Development has kept instructors and students abreast of current affairs and changes in Latin America. Now in its tenth edition, this authoritative yet accessible introduction has been updated throughout. Organized on a country-by-country basis, Latin American Politics and Development offers instructors maximum flexibility in organizing courses. Revisions to the Tenth Edition include: An updated theoretical framework to explain changes in the region, including discussions of electoral systems and political actors. Discussions on presidential, parliamentary, and municipal election cycles throughout the region from 2017 through early 2022. Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examination on the regional decline in democratic norms and practices. A look at the impact of the Trump administration on regional relations, including the decline in democracy. Updates on race, indigenous groups, women, Afro-Latin Americans, contemporary social movements, religious and other non-elite groups"--

This book improves understandings of how and why clientelism endures in Latin America and why state policy is often ineffective. Political scientists and sociologists, the contributors employ ethnography, targeted interviews, case studies, within-case and regional comparison, thick descriptions, and process tracing

This book improves understandings of how and why clientelism endures in Latin America and why state policy is often ineffective. Political scientists and sociologists, the contributors employ ethnography, targeted interviews, case studies, within-case and regional comparison, thick descriptions, and process tracing.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. The Study of Latin American Politics -- 2. Tensions in the Class Structure: From Social Mobilization to Autonomous Organization -- 3. Actors and Coalitions -- 4. Violence and Revolution -- 5. Military Interventionism -- 6. Socialist Labor Parties: The Early Experience -- 7. Varieties of Populism and Their Transformative Tendencies -- 8. A Modeled Historical Sequence: Argentina, 1938-2000 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Latin America has been one of the critical areas in the study of comparative politics. The region's experiments with installing and deepening democracy and promoting alternative modes of economic development have generated intriguing and enduring empirical puzzles. In turn, Latin America's challenges continue to spawn original and vital work on central questions in comparative politics: about the origins of democracy; about the relationship between state and society; about the nature of citizenship; about the balance between state and market.