Christian Democracy In Latin America

Author : Scott Mainwaring
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804745986

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Christian Democracy in Latin America by Scott Mainwaring Pdf

Christian Democracy swept across parts of Latin America, gaining influence in Venezuela in the 1940s, Chile in the 1950s, El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1960s, and Costa Rica and Mexico in the 1980s. This book offers an overview of Christian Democracy in the region— underscoring its remarkable diversity—and examines the Christian Democratic organizations of Chile and Mexico, which are still major parties today. The concluding section analyzes the demise of formerly significant Christian Democratic parties in El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, and Venezuela. Christian Democracy in Latin America provides the definitive stufy of the nature, rise, and decline of Christian Democracy in Latin America. The book enriches the broader theoretical literature on political parties by highlighting the distinctive strategic dilemmas parties face, and the distinctive objectives they pursue, in contexts of fragile democracy or of authoritarian regimes.

Author : Scott Mainwaring,Timothy R. Scully
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1503620360

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Christian Democracy in Latin America by Scott Mainwaring,Timothy R. Scully Pdf

Christian Democracy swept across parts of Latin America, gaining influence in Venezuela in the 1940s, Chile in the 1950s, El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1960s, and Costa Rica and Mexico in the 1980s. This book offers an overview of Christian Democracy in the region-- underscoring its remarkable diversity--and examines the Christian Democratic organizations of Chile and Mexico, which are still major parties today. The concluding section analyzes the demise of formerly significant Christian Democratic parties in El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, and Venezuela. Christian Democracy in Latin America provides the definitive stufy of the nature, rise, and decline of Christian Democracy in Latin America. The book enriches the broader theoretical literature on political parties by highlighting the distinctive strategic dilemmas parties face, and the distinctive objectives they pursue, in contexts of fragile democracy or of authoritarian regimes.

Author : Edward A. Lynch
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015029235317

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Latin America's Christian Democratic Parties by Edward A. Lynch Pdf

This work provides a comprehensive examination of Christian Democracy in Latin America from its nineteenth-century origins to the events of the 1990s. Lynch treats the record of Christian Democratic parties in the most crucial areas of economic concern in Latin America: chapters on land reform, nationalization, and the emergence of free market capitalism point up the relationship between politics and economics. Lynch concludes that had Latin America's Christian Democrats followed their own policy prescriptions, both they and Latin America would be better off. Instead, Christian Democrats abandoned their roots in Catholic social thought, embraced statism, and left their countries completely unprepared for the upsurge in liberal economic reform that swept Latin America in the 1980s. This work provides a comprehensive examination of Christian Democracy in Latin America from its nineteenth-century origins to the events of the 1990s. The author treats the record of Christian Democratic parties in the most crucial areas of economic concern in Latin America: chapters on land reform, nationalization, and the emergence of free market capitalism point up the relationship between politics and economics. Lynch concludes that had Latin America's Christian Democrats followed their own policy prescriptions, both they and Latin America would be better off. Instead, Christian Democrats abandoned their roots in Catholic social thought, embraced statism, and left their countries completely unprepared for the upsurge in liberal economic reform that swept Latin America in the 1980s. This work will be of interest to scholars and students in Latin American studies, Third World studies, political economy, comparative politics, and religion and politics.

Author : Jeffrey L. Klaiber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173006176795

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The Church, Dictatorships, and Democracy in Latin America by Jeffrey L. Klaiber Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210024733600

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Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean by Anonim Pdf

Author : Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000307450

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Politics And Social Change In Latin America by Howard J. Wiarda Pdf

Since the appearance of the first edition of this text in 1974, the book has stimulated an ongoing debate about the nature of the Latin American development process. Although the essays discuss a wide range of historical, economic, political, and social issues, they are unified in arguing that the Latin American experience of development is subject to special imperatives of analysis and interpretation not generally offered in the Western literature on development and social change. Arguing that West ern models are often inappropriate when applied to Latin America, the authors explore alternative approaches to understanding the Latin American pattern of development and change. The third edition retains classic essays from earlier editions but has been extensively revised to take account of the dramatic changes in the region over the last ten years. Looking particularly at the challenges presented by redemocratization and the new pluralism, the book raises the question of whether a "distinct tradition" still remains. New readings discuss the implications of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, the changing role of the church, the process of democratization, and human rights issues and speculate on the permanence of Latin America's more pluralistic political structures.

Author : Manuel Antonio Garretón
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807861578

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Incomplete Democracy by Manuel Antonio Garretón Pdf

One of Latin America's leading sociologists, Manuel Antonio Garreton explores contemporary challenges to democratization in Latin America in this work originally published in Spanish in 1995. He pays particular attention to the example of Chile, analyzing the country's return to democracy and its hopes for continued prosperity following the 1973 coup that overthrew democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Garreton contends that the period of democratic crisis and authoritarian rule that characterized much of Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s was symptomatic of a larger breakdown in the way society and government worked. A new era emerged in Chile at the end of the twentieth century, Garreton argues--an era that partakes of the great changes afoot in the larger world. This edition updates Garreton's analysis of developments in Chile, considering the administration of current president Ricardo Lagos. The author concludes with an exploration of future prospects for democracy in Latin America.

Author : Bert Mac Diamondstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Center parties
ISBN : OCLC:10671049

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Christian Democracy by Bert Mac Diamondstein Pdf

Author : Robert G. Wesson
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038089194

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Democracy in Latin America by Robert G. Wesson Pdf

Author : Edward J. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Center parties
ISBN : 0608168653

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Latin American Christian Democratic Parties by Edward J. Williams Pdf

Author : Edward A. Lynch
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023077213

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Religion and Politics in Latin America by Edward A. Lynch Pdf

What drives religious people to act in politics? In Latin America, as in the Middle East, religious belief is a primary motivating factor for politically active citizens. Edward Lynch questions the frequent pitfall of Latin American scholarship--categorizing religious belief as a veil for another interest or as a purview just of churchmen, thereby ignoring its hold over lay people. Challenging this traditional view, Lynch concludes that religious motivations are important in their own right and raises important questions about the relationship between religion and politics in Latin America. Looking at the two most important Catholic lay movements, Liberation Theology and Christian Democracy, Lynch uses Nicaragua and Venezuela as case studies of how religious philosophy has fared when vested with political power. This timely study describes the motivations driving many important political actors. Divided into two parts, Ideologies In Theory and Ideologies In Practice, this volume features a discussion of the theoretical background of two Catholic philosophies. Using Nicaragua and Venezuela as case studies, Lynch finds that Liberation Theology and Christian Democracy are not as different as many scholars think; in fact, there are many parellels. He concludes that both philosophies face their strongest challenge from a revitalized orthodox Catholic social doctrine.

Author : Roderic A. Camp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015031869780

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Democracy in Latin America by Roderic A. Camp Pdf

Events such as the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement have made it imperative for students to grasp the history and possible directions of Latin American political change. This title gives readers both the background and the analytical models necessary for an accurate understanding of this area's political past and future. To examine the problems posed by political development, Professor Camp has divided this volume into four parts. The first section sets the tone, with two introductory essays providing an overview of the problems and dilemmas posed by democratization. The other three parts explore important aspects of this overall process.

Author : Edward J. Williams
Publisher : Knoxville, U. of Tennesse P
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1967-01-01
Category : Center parties
ISBN : 0870490737

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Latin American Christian Democratic Parties by Edward J. Williams Pdf

Author : Ignacio Walker
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780268096663

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Democracy in Latin America by Ignacio Walker Pdf

In 2009, Ignacio Walker—scholar, politician, and one of Latin America’s leading public intellectuals—published La Democracia en América Latina. Now available in English, with a new prologue, and significantly revised and updated for an English-speaking audience, Democracy in Latin America: Between Hope and Despair contributes to the necessary and urgent task of exploring both the possibilities and difficulties of establishing a stable democracy in Latin America. Walker argues that, throughout the past century, Latin American history has been marked by the search for responses or alternatives to the crisis of oligarchic rule and the struggle to replace the oligarchic order with a democratic one. After reviewing some of the principal theories of democracy based on an analysis of the interactions of political, economic, and social factors, Walker maintains that it is primarily the actors, institutions, and public policies—not structural determinants—that create progress or regression in Latin American democracy.

Author : Jorge I. Domínguez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 080185752X

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Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean by Jorge I. Domínguez Pdf

"The transformation of politics in Latin America, the consolidation of a democratic consensus in the Anglophone Caribbean, and the able performance of many democratic governments in fashioning economic policies made this book intellectually possible. Most of Latin America's democratic governments have carried economic reforms more effectively than their authoritarian predecessors and have remained stunningly resilient despite many problems. The naysayers have not been proven right. Indeed, even if democratic governments were to be overthrown tomorrow, the history of democratic politics in the 1980s and 1990s is already noteworthy." -- from the Introduction In Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean, Jorge Domnguez focuses on the successful accomplishments of democratic politics in the region -- a process that nations in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa seek to emulate. Domnguez considers the role of British colonial rule and United States policies. But he also examines the development of parties, other civil institutions, and competitive markets, which lend permanence to democracy. He also discusses the prospects for democracy in Cuba and Mexico. Despite recurrent problems, Domnguez concludes, the outlook is good for stable democracies in Latin America and the Caribbean.