Building Democracy in Latin America / Edition 3

Approaching the topic from within the general realm of liberal democratic theory, Peeler (political science, Bucknell U.) describes the processes of democratization in Latin America in recent years. Writing at a level suitable for beginning undergraduates, he presents chapters on democracy in the Latin American tradition, institutions for stabilizing and consolidating democracies, factors of destabilization and deconsolidation, and the current state of democracy in Latin America. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR