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Soldier and the State in South Americaby Patricio Silva; Peter Flynn; Philip O'Brien
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 130.00After a long era of military rule, the South American nations have been working on the construction of a new democratic order. This book provides a long-term historical assessment of the main features of civil-military relations in this region, from independence in the early nineteenth century to the current process of democratic consolidation, with special attention to the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. more...
Decentralizing the Stateby Kathleen O'Neill
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 28.00Decentralization is one of the most dramatic political and economic trends in the last few decades. This book seeks to address its causes, exploring decentralizing reforms in Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela - five unexpected decentralizers. more...
Political Crises, Social Conflict and Economic Developmentby A. Solimano
Edward Elgar Publishing 2005; US$ 40.00The contributors to this authoritative volume analyze the impact of political crises and social conflict on economic performance in the Andean region of Latin America. The blend of theory and case studies is also relevant for understanding other complex societies in the developing world and transition economies. more...
Patterns of Legislative Politicsby Scott Morgenstern
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 79.00Using the United States as a basis of comparison, this book makes extensive use of roll call data to explore legislative politics in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay while focusing on the patterns of the role of candidate nominations, other aspects of the electoral system, and the legislators' ideological alignments. more...
Free Market Democracy and the Chilean and Mexican Countrysideby Marcus J. Kurtz
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 44.00This book examines the relationship between free markets and democracy. It demonstrates how the implementation of even very painful free market economic reforms in Chile and Mexico have helped to consolidate democratic politics without at the same time engendering a backlash against either reform or democratization. more...
Language, Citizenship and Identity in Quebecby Leigh Oakes
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2007; US$ 100.00Globalization is calling for different conceptualizations of belonging within culturally diverse communities. This book takes Quebec as a case study and examines how it fosters a sense of belonging through a common citizenship with French as the key element. more...
Participatory Democracy Versus Elitist Democracyby William R. Nylen; Larry Dodd
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 90.00Beginning by discussing North Americans' love-hate relationship with politics and politicians, the author argues that democracies have increasingly trickled up and away from so-called 'average citizens'. He says that we live in a world of 'Elitist Democracies' constructed of, by and for moneyed. more...
Dead Centreby Jamey Heath
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2008; US$ 26.95A provocative and inspired call to unite progressives in Canada and shift the political landscape. The Liberal Party is down, and might not be able to get back up. It is no longer a natural governing entity after losing Quebec for seven straight elections. Stephen Harper’s policies have been controversial and polarizing, especially for left leaning Conservatives. There are people on both sides who want Canada to get past this mollified partisanship. The alternative is to take back the centre and charge forward with a progressive agenda. What about the environment? What about our foreign policy? Canada can once again stand tall in the eyes of the world and in the eyes of its own citizens. Our nation was... more...
Home Work in Chileby Helia Henríquez; Verónica Riquelme; Thelma Gálvez
International Labour Office 2001; US$ 5.00Based on the national Supplementary Home Work Survey 1997, examines the prevalence of home work in Chile and investigates the characteristics of homeworkers and the types of activities performed. Distinguishes between primary, secondary and occasional homeworkers. Covers trends from 1970 to 1997. more...
Democratization, Development, and Legalityby Julio Faundez
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 90.00This book traces the evolution of Chilean political and legal institutions by looking at the process of democratization. As well as explaining the strengths and weaknesses of the political regime, Faundez shows the impact of legal institutions and legal ideology on the country's political development. more...