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Iberia and Latin America : reforging the historic linkages? /Howard J. Wiarda --U.S.-Latin American relations /G. Pope Atkins --Spanish-Latin American relations : two centuries of divergence, and a new beginning /Fredrick B. Pike --Realism and relations among Spain, Latin America, and the United States /William T. Salisbury and Richard V. Salisbury --Spain's emergence as a middle industrial power : the basis and structure of Spanish-Latin American economic relations /Eric N. Baklanoff --Spain and Latin America : diplomatic and military ties /Larman C. Wilson and Janine T. Perfit --Interpreting Iberian-Latin American interrelations : paradigm consensus and conflict /Howard J. Wiarda --Spain and Mexico /Thomas G. Powell --Spain and the Andean republics /David Eugene Blank --Spain and the southern cone /Mark Falcoff --Spain and Cuba : an enduring relationship /Alistair Hennessy --Spain and Latin America : the quest for partnership /Eusebio Mujal-León --Fabric of Luso-Brazilian Relations /William Perry --Conclusion : the relations of Iberia and Latin America, and some implications for the United States /Howard J. Wiarda.

Since the appearance of the first edition of this text in 1974, the book has stimulated an ongoing debate about the nature of the Latin American development process. Although the essays discuss a wide range of historical, economic, political, and social issues, they are unified in arguing that the Latin American experience of development is subject to special imperatives of analysis and interpretation not generally offered in the Western literature on development and social change. Arguing that West ern models are often inappropriate when applied to Latin America, the authors explore alternative approaches to understanding the Latin American pattern of development and change. The third edition retains classic essays from earlier editions but has been extensively revised to take account of the dramatic changes in the region over the last ten years. Looking particularly at the challenges presented by redemocratization and the new pluralism, the book raises the question of whether a "distinct tradition" still remains. New readings discuss the implications of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, the changing role of the church, the process of democratization, and human rights issues and speculate on the permanence of Latin America's more pluralistic political structures.

This book emphasizes the necessity of coming to grips with historic and contemporary corporatism in order to fully comprehend Latin American and Iberian development on its own terms and in its own sociopolitical context.

A provocative and controversial look at Latin America as it stands at a crossroads, this book analyzes the complex economic and social roots of the debt crisis and evaluates the prospects for new development strategies for the 1990s. Dr. Wiarda begins by placing the regional economic crisis in the larger context of technological change, political upheaval, and the international economy. He then explores new choices and realities in inter-American relations and the role international lending agencies can take to assist Latin America in meeting the challenge of the next decade. The author suggests that "smokescreens and mirrors" have obscured the true nature of the crisis and, as a result, have skewed the policy debate.

This integrated collection of original essays evaluates and assesses whether democracy is viable in Latin America and, if so, how and in what form. The authors examine the significance, for both Latin America and the United States, of the dominance of authoritarian political systems in most Latin American countries; explore the implications of asse

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface to the Third Edition -- 1 Introduction: New Directions in Comparative Politics -- 2 Corporatism and Comparative Politics: Is There a New Century of Corporatism? -- 3 The Dependency Approach -- 4 The State in Society -- 5 Comparative Political Economy -- 6 Public Policy and Politics: Analyzing Policy in Comparative Perspective -- 7 Non-Western Theories of Development: Critiques and Explorations -- 8 Political Culture and Democracy -- 9 Rational Choice Theory in Comparative Politics -- 10 The Study of Political Institutions -- 11 Toward the Future: Old and New Directions in Comparative Politics -- Select Bibliography -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Index

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Corporatism and Comparative Politics -- Liberal-Pluralism, Marxism, and Corporatism: The Three Great ""Isms"" of the Modern World -- The Corporatism Phenomenon: How Widespread? -- The Corporatism Phenomenon: Why So Controversial? -- The Four Forms of Corporatism -- Issues for Consideration -- Chapter 2. The Corporatist Idea Throughout History -- Origins -- The Middle Ages -- The Three Great ""Isms"": Liberalism, Socialism, and Corporatism -- Corporatism in Power -- Post-World War II Corporatism

1. Introduction : political culture and foreign policy -- 2. Europe : ever further apart -- 3. Russia : grappling with the great bear -- 4. Asia : the new global leader -- 5. The Middle East : the role of Islam -- 6. Latin America : Western, non-Western, what? --7. Africa : the dark continent -- 8. Conclusion.

1. Introduction : the culture debate-- political culture and comparative politics -- 2. The long debate over political culture -- 3. Cultural anthropology : a precursor to political culture -- 4. National character studies - 5. "The civic culture" and the revolution in survey research -- 6. Criticisms of the political culture approach -- 7. The Renaissance of political culture -- 8. Non-western theories of development / with Leah L. Carmichael -- 9. Political culture in other fields : identity politics and constructivism -- 10. Conclusion.

Dispatches from the Frontlines analyzes some of the world's most contentious hotspots. It focuses on such compelling global issues as Third World development, the role of the state, corporatism, and foreign aid. This is a thought-provoking book for anyone interested in foreign policy, comparative politics, and international affairs.

In this important book, well known Comparativist, Howard J. Wiarda, traces the long and controversial history of culture studies, and the relations of political culture and identity politics to political science. Under attack from structuralists, institutionalists, Marxists, and dependency writers, Wiarda examines and assesses the reasons for these attacks and why political culture went into decline only to have a new and transcendent renaissance and revival in the writings of Inglehart, Fukuyama, Putnam, Huntington and many others.

The puzzle or query that chiefly concerns this author is why the United States (US) and its foreign policy have such a hard time understanding cultures and societies other than their own. This provocative book argues that the US needs to end its attitudes of superiority and condescension toward other nations and cultures and redirect its foreign policy accordingly.

Think tanks have become increasingly important in American politics foreign policy. In the last thirty years think tanks have emerged as major actors on the political stage, comparable in influence to large interest groups, political parties, and government agencies. In the same time span these think tanks have replaced universities as the main source for new policy ideas and the background research and arguments to justify them.