STUDYING LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS: METHODS OR FADS?
In: The review of politics, Band 42, Heft 1, S. 35-55
ISSN: 0034-6705
THIS ESSAY PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR INTELLECTUAL CURRENTS IN THE STUDY OF LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS - AS THEY ARE STUDIED IN THE U.S. AND ENGLAND. VARIOUS PARADIGMS ARE ANALYZED: FUNCTIONALISM, CORPORATISM, BUREAUCRATIC-AUTHORITARIANISM, MILITARISM, DEPENDENCY THEORY AND CLIENTELISM.