State and Society in Conflict : Comparative Perspectives on the Andean Crises

Paul Drake

ISBN 10: 0822959224 / ISBN 13: 9780822959229

Edité par University Of Pittsburgh Press Jun 2006, 2006

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Neuware - State and Society in Conflict analyzes one of the most volatile regions in Latin America, the Andean states of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. For the last twenty-five years, crises in these five Andean countries have endangered Latin America's democracies and strained their relations with the United States. As these nations struggle to cope with demands from Washington on security policies (emphasizing drugs and terrorism), neoliberal economics, and democratic politics, their resulting domestic travails can be seen in poor economic growth, unequal wealth distribution, mounting social unrest, and escalating political instability. The contributors to this volume examine the histories, politics, and cultures of the Andean nations, and argue that, due to their shared history and modern circumstances, these countries are suffering a shared crisis of deteriorating relations between state and society that is best understood in regional, not purely national, terms. The results, in some cases, have been semi-authoritarian hybrid regimes that lurch from crisis to crisis, often controlled through force, though clinging to a notion of democracy. The solution to these problems--whether through democratic, authoritarian, peaceful, or violent means--will have profound implications for the region and its future relations with the world.

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• Titre: State and Society in Conflict : Comparative Perspectives on the Andean Crises
• Éditeur: University Of Pittsburgh Press Jun 2006
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0822959224
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780822959229
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 234 L x 160 H x 21 P (en millimètres) 234 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 21 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 485 grammes

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State and Society in Conflict analyzes one of the most volatile regions in Latin America, the Andean states of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. For the last twenty-five years, crises in these five Andean countries have endangered Latin America's democracies and strained their relations with the United States. As these nations struggle to cope with demands from Washington on security policies (emphasizing drugs and terrorism), neoliberal economics, and democratic politics, their resulting domestic travails can be seen in poor economic growth, unequal wealth distribution, mounting social unrest, and escalating political instability. The contributors to this volume examine the histories, politics, and cultures of the Andean nations, and argue that, due to their shared history and modern circumstances, these countries are suffering a shared crisis of deteriorating relations between state and society that is best understood in regional, not purely national, terms. The results, in some cases, have been semi-authoritarian hybrid regimes that lurch from crisis to crisis, often controlled through force, though clinging to a notion of democracy. The solution to these problems--whether through democratic, authoritarian, peaceful, or violent means--will have profound implications for the region and its future relations with the world.

À propos de l?auteur

Paul W. Drake is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and dean of the Division of Social Sciences at University of California, San Diego. A past president of the Latin American Studies Association, he is also is the coeditor of numerous books, including The Origins of Liberty, El APRA, de la ideologia a la praxis, and The Struggle for Democracy in Chile.