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The politics of modern Central America : civil war, democratization, and underdevelopment /

"This book analyzes the origins and consequences of civil war in Central America. Fabrice Lehoucq explains why the inability of autocracies to reform led to the civil wars of the 1980s and why violent conflict led to the unexpected transition to non-military governments in the 1990s. He examine...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lehoucq, Fabrice Edouard, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book analyzes the origins and consequences of civil war in Central America. Fabrice Lehoucq explains why the inability of autocracies to reform led to the civil wars of the 1980s and why violent conflict led to the unexpected transition to non-military governments in the 1990s. He examines why economic stagnation throughout much of the region, along with unevenness of political reform, has limited democratization. This book also uses these developments to shed light on core debates in comparative politics, suggesting that more progress has been made in understanding the persistence of inequality than in identifying the causes of civil war"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 204 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781139525510
1139525514
9781139527903
1139527908
9780511979910
0511979916