[PDF] The Persistence Of Local Caudillos In Latin America eBook

Author : Tomáš Došek
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,82 MB
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0822991314

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Despite democratization at the national level, local political bosses still govern many municipalities in Latin America. Caudillos and clans often use informal political practices—ranging from clientelism and patronage to harassment of political opposition—to control local political dynamics. These arbitrary and, at times, abusive practices pose important challenges to how Latin American democracy works and how power is exercised after the decentralization reforms in the region. These reforms promised to bring the government closer to the people and to promote popular participation. In many cases, these ideals are unmet, and newly empowered local politicians have been able to turn municipalities into personal fiefdoms. This book explores how local caudillos stay in power and why some are more successful than others in retaining office. Tomáš Došek provides an in-depth analysis of six cases from Chile, Paraguay, and Peru to show the strategies that caudillos pursue to secure power and the mistakes they commit that drive them out.

Author : Teresa A. Meade
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1444358111

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A History of Modern Latin America: 1800 to the Present examines the diverse and interlocking experiences of people of indigenous, African, and European backgrounds from the onset of independence until today. Illustrates and analyzes the major and minor events that shape history, the triumphs and defeats, and the everyday lives of people of varied classes and racial and ethnic backgrounds Intersperses accounts of the lives of prominent figures with those of ordinary people Emphasizes gender's role in influencing political and economic change and shaping cultural identity Student and instructor resources available at http://minerva.union.edu/meadet/modernlatinamerica/index.html [Wiley disclaims all responsibility and liability for the content of any third-party websites that can be linked to from this website. Users assume sole responsibility for accessing third-party websites and the use of any content appearing on such websites. Any views expressed in such websites are the views of the authors of the content appearing on those websites and not the views of Wiley or its affiliates, nor do they in any way represent an endorsement by Wiley or its affiliates.]

Author : Ronald M. Schneider
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 17,31 MB
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429967896

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This chronologically organized new text provides comprehensive historical coverage of Latin America's politics and development from colonial times to the twenty-first century.

Author : Jacques Lambert
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 29,6 MB
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0520315898

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Author : Katherine D. McCann
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 701 pages
File Size : 22,37 MB
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1477322787

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The 2021 volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American Studies.

Author : John Harmon McElroy
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 12,87 MB
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1461730295

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Why do so many different people with widely dissimilar ideas and customs get along as Americans? In American Beliefs, John McElroy identifies and explains those essential ideas that promote the unity of a vast nation and a diversified people—because they have been shared and acted upon by generations of Americans. Tracing these beliefs historically from their origins in the earliest experiences of the American colonists, Mr. McElroy shows how they became continuing convictions that together form a pattern distinct from those of other peoples. Work, he argues, shaped the primary beliefs of Americans, for the task of the early settlers was first of all to survive in a new wilderness. He then goes on to discuss beliefs that grew from the experiences of immigrants, from life on the frontier, and from the ideas that Americans developed about religion and morality, politics, human nature, and the workings of society. It is not birthplace or skin color that makes a person an American, Mr. McElroy observes, but a common behavior based upon principles of freedom and equality, individuality and responsibility, improvement and practicality. American Beliefs is a book greatly needed, a powerful antidote to decades of historical and political writings that have concentrated on the differences among Americans.

Author : John McCannon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 1506291880

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