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The Canadian Constitution
Dundurn 2013; US$ 9.99This first-ever primer on Canada's Constitution contains the complete text of the Constitution and many useful tools to help readers understand how the chief body of law in the land works, including how the country's Supreme Court fits in. It is a must-have book for anyone who wants to understand Canada's Constitution. more...
Stuffing the Ballot Box
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 47.00Stuffing the Ballot Box is a pioneering study of electoral fraud and reform. It focuses on Costa Rica, a country where parties gradually transformed a fraud-ridden political system into one renowned for its stability and fair elections by the mid-twentieth century. more...
Construyendo la democracía en sociedades posconflicto
International Development Research Centre 2007; US$ 45.00En los años 90, Guatemala y El Salvador firmaron acuerdos de paz integrales que pusieron fin a décadas de un sangriento conflicto interno. Ambos acuerdos de paz así como el proceso de construcción de paz que le siguió han tenido un impacto en el concepto tradicional de paz, ya que fueron pioneros en lo que son consideradas... more...
Losing Confidence
McClelland & Stewart 2010; US$ 16.95A ringing manifesto for change from Canada?s Green Party leader and Activist. We Canadians are waking up from our long political slumber to realize that there will not be change unless we insist upon it. We have a presidential-style prime minister without the checks and balances of either the US or the Canadian systems. Attack ads run constantly,... more...
Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 30.00Explores the reasons behind the many failed attempts to build stable democracies in Latin America. more...
Political Culture in Panama
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00Twenty years have passed since the 1989 U.S. invasion that toppled Panama's military regime and initiated a period of democratization. This book represents the most comprehensive and empirically grounded analysis of the institutional and attitudinal factors that have shaped Panamanian politics since the invasion. Using quantitative and qualitative... more...
Taking It to the Hill
University of Ottawa Press 2005; US$ 16.99The standing committees of the House of Commons and Senate make it possible for practically any person or group to access the policy-making process and become a lobbyist. This handy and complete guide coaches prospective witnesses to do it right. Targeted primarily at those who have a stake in advancing a cause "on the hill," this guide reveals the... more...
Learning Democracy
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 27.50Historically, Nicaragua has been mired in poverty and political conflict, yet the country has become a model for the successful emergence of democracy in a developing nation. Learning Democracy tells the story of how Nicaragua overcame an authoritarian government and American interventionism by engaging in an electoral revolution that solidified... more...
Politics in Central America
ABC-CLIO 1988; US$ 27.95A clear and balanced presentation of the dilemmas associated with each of the four nations. A skillful cultural framework is provided in the first chapter, which serves as an overview. Foreign Affairs ||A fine study. Anderson's reputation as a scholar and a Latin Americanist will be enhanced when this study has time to make its imprint. American... more...
The New Nicaragua: Lessons in Development, Democracy, and Nation-Building for the United States
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 60.00An insider's look at the changes going on in Nicaragua?the internal political maneuvering of Daniel Ortega, the responses by the United States, and the success of recent American pro-democracy civil society efforts there. more...
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