Assessing Democracy in Latin America: A Tribute to Russell H. Fitzgibbon

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Tribute to Russell H. Fitzgibbon vii
• Preface xi
• Part One Special Topics in Addressing Democracy in Latin America 1
• Chapter One - Measuring Democracy in Latin America: the Fitzgibbon Index 3
• Conclusions 10
• Notes 11
• Bibliography 11
• Chapter Two - Studying the Ebb and Flow of Political Parties in the Quest for Democracy 12
• Notes 24
• Bibliography 25
• Chapter Three: Social Democracy in Latin America 26
• Chapter Four - Democracy and the Environment in Latin America 37
• Conclusion 51
• Bibliography 52
• Chapter Five - Assessing Democracy Then and Now: A Personal Memoir 54
• Notes 59
• Bibliography 60
• Part Two Assessing Democracy in Mexico and Middle America 61
• Chapter Six - Mexico's Problematic Transition to Democracy 63
• Bibliography 73
• Chapter Seven: Province Versus the Center 76
• Notes 90
• Bibliography 90
• Chapter Eight the Quest for Central American Democracy Since 1945 93
• Conclusion 114
• Notes 115
• Bibliography 116
• Chapter Nine Elections and Democracy in Central America: the Cases of Costa Rica and Nicaragua 117
• Notes 132
• Bibliography 133
• Chapter Ten Institutional Development, Democratization, and Independence in the Anglophone Caribbean 136
• Summary and Conclusions 153
• Notes 154
• Bibliography 154
• Chapter Eleven Passion and Democracy in Cuba 158
• Conclusion 171
• Bibliography 172
• Chapter Twelve: Haitian Democracy 173
• Chapter Thirteen: The Dilemmas of Democracy in the Dominican Republic 185
• Part Three Assessing Democracy in South America 197
• Chapter Fourteen the Emergence of a Dominant Political Culture: Venezuelan Professionals and Post-1958 Democracy 199
• Conclusions 213
• Notes 214
• Bibliography 216
• Chapter Fifteen Democracy for the Few: Ecuador's Crisis-Prone Democracy 220
• Notes 239
• Bibliography 239
• Chapter Sixteen: Democracy in Peru? 243
• Notes 255
• Bibliography 255
• Chapter Seventeen Democratic Crises and Assumptions in Chile and Uruguay 257
• Notes 270
• Bibliography 271
• Chapter Eighteen the Military and Democracy in Argentina 273
• Notes 291
• Bibliography 291
• Chapter Nineteen: Democracy in Bolivia and Paraguay 293
• Chapter Twenty Democracy and Development in Brazil: Cardoso's Catch-22 304
• Notes 317
• Bibliography 317
• About the Editor and Contributors 319
• Index 323

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