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Modern Latin American Revolutions » Read Now
by Eric Selbin. 236 pgs.

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Modern Latin American Revolutions, Second Edition, introduces the concept of consolidation of the revolutionary process -- the efforts of revolutionary leaders to transform society and the acceptance by a significant majority of the population of the core of the social revolutionary project. The...
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Modern Latin American Revolutions, Second Edition, introduces the concept of consolidation of the revolutionary process -- the efforts of revolutionary leaders to transform society and the acceptance by a significant majority of the population of the core of the social revolutionary project. The second edition of this acclaimed book has been revised and updated to include new information on the cases of Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Grenada, assessing the extent to which each revolution was both institutionalized and consolidated. This edition also boasts expanded coverage on Che Gueavara's visionary leadership and an allnew section that addresses the future of revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean. Dr. Selbin argues that there is a strong link between organizational leadership and the institutionalization process on the one hand, and visionary leadership and the consolidation process on the other. Particular attention is given to the ongoing revolutionary process in Nicaragua, with an emphasis on the implications and ramifications of the 1990 electoral process. A final chapter includes brief analyses of the still unfolding revolutionary processes in El Salvador and Peru.
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The Economics of Violence in Latin America: A Theory of Political Competition (Chap. Two "Latin America's Revolutions") » Read Now
by Wilber Albert Chaffee. 196 pgs.

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This study, for the first time, uses modern political economic theory (public choice theory, public goods theory, and game theory) to create a theoretical framework for comparative political analysis. This framework, which includes the nonindustrial world, treats both violence and democratic...
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This study, for the first time, uses modern political economic theory (public choice theory, public goods theory, and game theory) to create a theoretical framework for comparative political analysis. This framework, which includes the nonindustrial world, treats both violence and democratic processes as normal methods of political competition. Deductive in nature, the theory redefines political variables according to their economic counterparts. Chaffee applies microeconomic theory to generate hypotheses and conclusions, using examples from Latin America to illustrate the efficacy of the framework.
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Latin American Politics and Development (Includes discussion of Latin American revolutions in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Howard J. Wiarda, Harvey F. Kline. 592 pgs.

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Latin American Societies in Transition (Includes discussion of Latin American revolutions in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Robert C. Williamson. 272 pgs.

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An examination of Latin America as a social system with an analysis of social processes and structures reflecting a society in conflict and change.
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The Democratic Revolution in Latin America: History, Politics, and U.S. Policy » Read Now
by Howard J. Wiarda. 336 pgs.

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The Latin American Left: From the Fall of Allende to Perestroika » Read Now
by Barry Carr, Steve Ellner. 256 pgs.

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...The PT and other Latin American leftist parties were...the past, successful revolutions had been conducted...pessimistic scenarios for the Latin American Left can be...
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The Latin American Revolution: Politics and Strategy from Apro-Marxism to Guevarism (1974) » Read Now
by Donald C. Hodges. 290 pgs.

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...America. 4. Revolutions--Latin America...of North Americans is inextricably...overcoming revolutions and preparations...roots. The Latin American Revolution...in 1922...
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Prophets of the Revolution: Profiles of Latin American Leaders (1962) » Read Now
by Robert J. Alexander. 322 pgs.

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...with what he believes to be the Latin American proclivity for revolutions. About the only time he reads about...two hemispheres. What the North American reads about in his...
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Change in Latin America: The Mexican and Cuban Revolutions (1961) » Read Now
by Daniel Cosio Villegas. 54 pgs.

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...and Cuban Revolutions Daniel...Villegas Latin America...America? North Americans, victims...that Latin American societies...outside Latin America...three great revolutions...
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Revolution & Counterrevolution in Nicaragua » Read Now
by Thomas W. Walker. 422 pgs.

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...Nicaraguan and Other Latin American Media , Angharad...In addition, revolutions are so media...wrong with most Latin American social, economic...apparent to most Latin...
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Revolution and Restoration: The Rearrangement of Power in Argentina, 1776-1860 » Read Now
by Mark D. Szuchman, Jonathan C. Brown. 301 pgs.

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Cuba: Anatomy of a Revolution (1960) » Read Now
by Leo Huberman, Paul M. Sweezy. 180 pgs.

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...it did, it was better, American statesmen thought, that...colonies of Spain in Latin America, it won its independence...in 1945. Students in Latin American universities...
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Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution » Read Now
by Thomas C. Wright. 235 pgs.

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After Fidel Castro's guerrilla war against dictator Fulgencio Batista triumphed on January 1, 1959, the Cuban Revolution came to be seen as a major watershed in Latin American history. The three decades following Castro's victory gradually marginalized Cuba from the Latin American mainstream. But...
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After Fidel Castro's guerrilla war against dictator Fulgencio Batista triumphed on January 1, 1959, the Cuban Revolution came to be seen as a major watershed in Latin American history. The three decades following Castro's victory gradually marginalized Cuba from the Latin American mainstream. But, as long-time Cuba observer Thomas C. Wright shows, the Cuban Revolution owed its vast influence in Latin America to the fact that--most evidently in its early years--it embodied the aspirations and captured the imaginations of Latin America's masses as no other political movement had ever done.
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Bolivia: Land of Struggle (Chap. 4 "The Bolivian National Revolution and the Political System") » Read Now
by Waltraud Queiser Morales. 256 pgs.

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The Hovering Giant: U.S. Responses to Revolutionary Change in Latin America, 1910-1985 » Read Now
by Cole Blasier. 384 pgs.

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Capturing the Revolution: The United States, Central America, and Nicaragua, 1961-1972 » Read Now
by Michael D. Gambone. 277 pgs.

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At the start of the 1960s, revolution in the "Third World" challenged the established order, as discontent with the status quo fueled attempts to revoke colonialism and the strangleholds on power maintained by entrenched local oligarchies. This book examines the causes of revolution in Latin America...
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At the start of the 1960s, revolution in the "Third World" challenged the established order, as discontent with the status quo fueled attempts to revoke colonialism and the strangleholds on power maintained by entrenched local oligarchies. This book examines the causes of revolution in Latin America in the sixties and the various responses crafted to stop it, in particular, the Alliance for Progress, a program which represented the best products of American developmental and counterinsurgency theory. Equally important, however, is an examination of the independent policies implemented by Latin American elites, policies often in direct opposition to those pursued by the U.S.
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