Understanding Central America : Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change.
The fifth edition of Understanding Central America explains how domestic and global political and economic forces have shaped rebellion and regime change in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker explore the origins and dev...
| Основен автор: | Booth, John A. |
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| Други автори: | Wade, Christine J., Walker, Thomas W. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Westview Press,
2009.
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| Издание: | 5th ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=421194 |
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Print version::
Understanding Central America : Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change. |
Съдържание:
- Crisis and transformation
- Global forces and system change in Central America. Poverty and its causes ; Regime change in Central America ; Discussion
- The common history. Conquest to 1838 ; 1838 to the present
- Costa Rica. Historical background ; Weathering global forces ; The economic development model transformed ; Changes in politics and parties ; Contemporary Costa Rican politics ; Conclusions
- Nicaragua. Historical background ; Global forces and insurrection ; The revolution ; Replacing the revolution ; Contemporary Nicaraguan politics ; Conclusions
- El Salvador. Historical background ; Global forces and insurrection ; Government and politics since the peace accord ; Conclusions
- Guatemala. Historical background ; Global forces and conflict ; The civilian transitional regime and the civil war ; The peace accords and contemporary Guatemalan politics ; Conclusions
- Honduras. Historical background ; Weathering global forces ; Contemporary Honduran politics ; Conclusions
- Political participation, political attitudes, and democracy. Citizen participation ; Citizen attitudes ; Factors shaping attitudes and participation ; Conclusions
- Power, democracy, and US policy in Central America. The problem of power ; Democracy ; Mobilization ; The roots of US policy in Central America ; Communism in Central America ; Demobilization in Central America ; US policy in the post-Cold War period ; Conclusions
- Reflections and projections. Reflections: repression, mobilization, and democratic transition ; Projections: prospects for democratic consolidation ; Conclusions.