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The literature on civil society & democratization has concentrated on comparative studies among countries undergoing similar &, in many ways, simultaneous processes of democratic transition & consolidation. In response to a call for more cross-regional comparative studies, focus here is on the question of democratization in two regions of the world that recently have seen completely different patterns of political rule & evolution: Latin America & the Middle East. While describing the political, cultural, & socioeconomic forces that contributed to the emergence & growth of a dense, democratic civil society in Latin America, particularly during the waning years of the region's most recent authoritarian period, examined are the four broad cultural & socioeconomic clusters of forces that impeded & shielded the region from Samuel Huntington's "third wave" of democracy. This situation is compared with that in the Middle East, where civil society organizations historically have maintained their independence from the state: the clergy, tribes & tribal confederacies, & traditional merchants. Adapted from the source document.

[A] useful classroom supplement to any of the general surveys. Its excerpts from both primary and secondary sources reflect different disciplines and include texts by Latin American authors. LaRosa and Mora introduce and contextualize these excerpts to orient the reader. The book also includes an excellent bibliography for students looking to research and write about U.S.-Latin American relations. ]]>