Latin America : a new interpretation /

This innovative contribution to comparative area studies evaluates Latin America's distinctiveness, and shows how 'large regions' can be compared. The overwhelming impact of Europe followed by precocious independence produced an exceptional outward orientation, which has prompted succ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whitehead, Laurence
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Series:Studies of the Americas.
Subjects:
National characteristics, Latin American.
Latino-Américains.
Political science & theory > Latin America.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY.
Politics and Government.
Civilization
National characteristics, Latin American
Política e governo > América latina.
Neoliberalismo > América latina.
Organização social > América latina.
Latin America > Civilization.
Amérique latine > Civilisation.
Latin America
AmÉrica Latina (HistÓria;Aspectos SociopolÍticos)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Latin America in comparative perspective
  • Latin America as a "mausoleum of modernities"
  • Latin American state organization
  • The politics of expertise
  • Economics in Mexico: the power of ideas and ideas of power
  • Privatization and the public interest: partial theories, lopsides outcomes
  • Democracy, inequality, and insecurity: a paradoxical configuration
  • On characterizing Latin America.

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