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State and Society in Conflict

eBook - Comparative Perspectives on the Andean Crises, Pitt Latin American Series
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS
ISBN/EAN: 9780822972990
Umbreit-Nr.: 2636291

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 337 S.
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Erschienen am 25.06.2006
Auflage: 1/2006


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  • Zusatztext
    • <i>State and Society in Conflict</i> analyzes one of the most volatile regions in Latin America, the Andean states of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. For the last twenty-five years, crises in these five Andean countries have endangered Latin America's democracies and strained their relations with the United States. As these nations struggle to cope with demands from Washington on security policies (emphasizing drugs and terrorism), neoliberal economics, and democratic politics, their resulting domestic travails can be seen in poor economic growth, unequal wealth distribution, mounting social unrest, and escalating political instability. The contributors to this volume examine the histories, politics, and cultures of the Andean nations, and argue that, due to their shared history and modern circumstances, these countries are suffering a shared crisis of deteriorating relations between state and society that is best understood in regional, not purely national, terms. The results, in some cases, have been semi-authoritarian hybrid regimes that lurch from crisis to crisis, often controlled through force, though clinging to a notion of democracy. The solution to these problems—whether through democratic, authoritarian, peaceful, or violent means—will have profound implications for the region and its future relations with the world.
  • Kurztext
    • This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the crisis of relations between state and society in five Andean countries from the 1980s to the present.
  • Autorenportrait
    • <b>Paul W. Drake</b> is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and dean of the Division of Social Sciences at University of California, San Diego. A past president of the Latin American Studies Association, he is also is the coeditor of numerous books, including<i>The Origins of Liberty, El APRA, de la ideologia a la praxis,</i> and<i>The Struggle for Democracy in Chile.</i>