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Spanish and Latin American Transitions to Democracy
Carlos H Waisman (Ed.)
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Description for Spanish and Latin American Transitions to Democracy
Hardcover. The essays in this text, written by distinguished specialists, examine the different trajectories in Spain and several nations in Latin America, and seek to explain the different outcomes. Editor(s): Waisman, Carlos H.; Rein, Raanan. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KL; JPHV; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
This volume compares the Spanish and Latin American 'double transitions' to liberal democracy and an open-market economy. Spain's transitions in the 1960 to 1980s have become the paradigmatic case of successful institutional transformation, and thus the standard for the evaluation of the economic and political change in Latin America and Central/Eastern Europe in the 1980s and 1990s. Even though most Latin American countries have transformed their economies and polities in recent decades, and the outcomes of this transformation have been variable, few of these countries have so far established solid liberal democracies and dynamic open economies. The essays in this ... Read more
This volume compares the Spanish and Latin American 'double transitions' to liberal democracy and an open-market economy. Spain's transitions in the 1960 to 1980s have become the paradigmatic case of successful institutional transformation, and thus the standard for the evaluation of the economic and political change in Latin America and Central/Eastern Europe in the 1980s and 1990s. Even though most Latin American countries have transformed their economies and polities in recent decades, and the outcomes of this transformation have been variable, few of these countries have so far established solid liberal democracies and dynamic open economies. The essays in this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903900734
SKU
V9781903900734
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About Carlos H Waisman (Ed.)
Carlos H Waisman is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of a large number of articles and books and book chapters. Raanan Rein is the Elias Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History and Vice President of Tel Aviv University. He is the author and editor of more than thirty books. ... Read more
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