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Despite a shared colonial past, South American nations experienced different patterns of conflict in the nineteenth century. These differences led to the creation of a variety of states and regimes, from authoritarian military oligarchies to popular democracies. Using a rigorous logic of comparison, Fernando López-Alves explores the roots of state building in five countries and explains why the political systems of these early postindependent societies were prone t… More >>
State Formation and Democracy in Latin America, 1810–1900
Tags: 1810–1900, America, democracies, Democracy, democracy in latin america, Formation, Latin, nineteenth century, oligarchies, postindependent, regimes, roots, State, state formation
#1 by rosario suarez on March 27, 2010 - 7:57 am
one of the best book i have read on latin america. much better than your favorites. Should be recommended to all interested in latin america. thank you.
Rating: 5 / 5