Fabrice Lehoucq

The Politics of Modern Central America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the origins and consequences of civil war in Central America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780521515061
• ISBN-10: 0521515068
• Artikelnr.: 35057057

Autorenporträt

Fabrice Lehoucq is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He is the author of articles that have appeared in Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics and the Journal of Democracy, among others, and he has published several books, including Stuffing the Ballot Box: Fraud, Democratization, and Electoral Reform in Costa Rica (with Iván Molina).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Central America on the eve of the 1980s
2. Civil war, revolution, and economic collapse
3. Stalemates, peace negotiations, and democratization
4. Economic stability, lacklustre growth, and social change
5. Democracy, state capacity, and redistribution
Conclusion.