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Incomplete democracy : political democratization in Chile and Latin America /

Sociologist Manuel Antonio Garreton discusses contemporary challenges to democratization in Latin America in this work. He pays particular attention to the example of Chile, analysing the country's return to democracy and its hopes for continued prosperity following the 1973 coup.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Garretón Merino, Manuel A. (Manuel Antonio)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2003.
Series:Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Analytical orientations and the Latin American Problématique
  • Social change and the reconstruction of politics
  • Democracy and democratization : concepts and processes
  • The transformation of the state and social policies
  • Social policies and equality
  • Political parties and the crisis of representation
  • Civil society, social movements, and democratization
  • Changes in Latin American political culture
  • Democratic crisis and military coup : thirty years later
  • Political opposition and the struggle for democracy under the military regime
  • Evaluation of and prospects for Chilean political democratization
  • Epilogue : What future for politics in Chile and Latin America?