Politics and Social Change in Latin America - 4th Edition by Howard Wiarda (Hardcover)

About the Book

Wiarda provides a new edition of a pioneering exploration of Latin American political culture, the autoritarian tradition, and the recent transitions to democracy and the special meaning of that term in the Latin American context.

The volume contains a provocative Introduction and Conclusion by the editor as well as essays by leading scholars of Latin American politics and history: Richard Morse, Octavio Paz, Glen Dealy, Peter Smith, and others. This is a classic collection, newly revised and updated.

Book Synopsis

Wiarda provides a new edition of a pioneering exploration of Latin American political culture, the autoritarian tradition, and the recent transitions to democracy and the special meaning of that term in the Latin American context.

The volume contains a provocative Introduction and Conclusion by the editor as well as essays by leading scholars of Latin American politics and history: Richard Morse, Octavio Paz, Glen Dealy, Peter Smith, and others. This is a classic collection, newly revised and updated.

Review Quotes

?[A]ttempts to define the distinct Latin American situation in such areas as political culture, historical factors, social change, and foreign policy....[t]his book presents an argument that Latin America may be following an alternative path to development from that of the United States, one that traditional analyses may not be capable of adequately describing.?-Multicultural Review

"ÝA¨ttempts to define the distinct Latin American situation in such areas as political culture, historical factors, social change, and foreign policy....Ýt¨his book presents an argument that Latin America may be following an alternative path to development from that of the United States, one that traditional analyses may not be capable of adequately describing."-Multicultural Review

"[A]ttempts to define the distinct Latin American situation in such areas as political culture, historical factors, social change, and foreign policy....[t]his book presents an argument that Latin America may be following an alternative path to development from that of the United States, one that traditional analyses may not be capable of adequately describing."-Multicultural Review

About the Author

HOWARD J. WIARDA is Professor of Political Science and the Leonard J. Horwitz Professor of Iberian and Latin American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. He has published extensively on Iberian and Latin American issues.

MARGARET MACLEISH MOTT is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Marlboro College in Vermont.