Understanding Central America: Second Edition - Couverture souple

Booth, John A; Walker, Thomas W

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 081338219X ISBN 13 : 9780813382197

Editeur : Westview Press, 1993

Synopsis

Since the 1960s, political violence and war in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala have taken 300,000 lives, displaced millions, and reversed decades of economic gains. Progress toward peace has been made since 1989 as the decade of war has changed the politics of conflict in the region and in Washington. In this new edition of a widely praised book, two of the most respected writers on Central American politics examine the origins and development of the region's political conflicts and efforts to resolve them. Highlights of the new edition include an analysis of rapidly evolving regional peace processes, Nicaragua's 1990 elections, the exit of the Sandinistas from power, and the Salvadoran peace accord.The authors trace the roots of underdevelopment and crisis in the region by examining the shared and individual histories of the Central American nations. They offer a theory about rebellion and political stability to account for the striking contrast between war-torn Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua and the stability of Costa Rica and Honduras. Booth and Walker examine the forces driving popular mobilization—economic change, liberation theology, and Marxism—and evaluate the dramatic changes in U.S. policy toward Central America over the last decade as well as the implications of those changes for the future of the region.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John A. Booth is Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. Thomas W. Walker is professor of political science and Director of the Latin American Studies Program at Ohio University. He is the author of Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle, Fourth Edition (2003, Westview).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Westview Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 081338219X
• ISBN 13: 9780813382197
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible