This book is a disciplined, paired comparison of the eight Latin American countries with the longest history of urban commercial and industrial development - Brazil and Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, Uruguay and Colombia, Argentina and Peru. The authors show how and why state party responses to the emergence of an organized working class have been crucial in shaping political coa...(展开全部)

This book is a disciplined, paired comparison of the eight Latin American countries with the longest history of urban commercial and industrial development - Brazil and Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, Uruguay and Colombia, Argentina and Peru. The authors show how and why state party responses to the emergence of an organized working class have been crucial in shaping political coa...(展开全部)

Wiarda's scope, to say the least, is wide: he covers a broad range of Iberian and Latin American history in a rather compact text, swiftly and with a surprising and impressive amount of detail. It is a puzzle and a paradox, then, that he can at once provide many specifics concerning, say, Jos‚ Enrique Rod¢, the early 20th century Uruguayan writer, while at the same time insisti...(展开全部)

亚当·普沃斯基教授，当代美国著名政治学家。1966年在美国西北大学获政治学博士学位，先后任教于华盛顿大学、芝加哥大学与纽约大学，到瑞士、德国、法国、智利、印度、波兰等多个国家做过访问学者。学术研究成果斐然。除了大量的学术论文外，普沃斯基教授还独著、合著或编辑出版了一系列在国际上有重大影响力的学术著作。如《民主、责任与代表》、《可持续性民主》、《资本主义下的国家与经济》等，许多著作一版再版，并被翻译成葡萄牙语、西班牙语、日语、韩语、汉语、土耳其语等多国文字。本书是他的代表作之一。

亚当·普沃斯基教授，当代美国著名政治学家。1966年在美国西北大学获政治学博士学位，先后任教于华盛顿大学、芝加哥大学与纽约大学，到瑞士、德国、法国、智利、印度、波兰等多个国家做过访问学者。学术研究成果斐然。除了大量的学术论文外，普沃斯基教授还独著、合著或编辑出版了一系列在国际上有重大影响力的学术著作。如《民主、责任与代表》、《可持续性民主》、《资本主义下的国家与经济》等，许多著作一版再版，并被翻译成葡萄牙语、西班牙语、日语、韩语、汉语、土耳其语等多国文字。本书是他的代表作之一。

The quest for freedom from hunger and repression has triggered in recent years a dramatic, worldwide reform of political and economic systems. Never have so many people enjoyed, or at least experimented with democratic institutions. However, many strategies for economic development in Eastern Europe and Latin America have failed with the result that entire economic systems on b...(展开全部)

The quest for freedom from hunger and repression has triggered in recent years a dramatic, worldwide reform of political and economic systems. Never have so many people enjoyed, or at least experimented with democratic institutions. However, many strategies for economic development in Eastern Europe and Latin America have failed with the result that entire economic systems on b...(展开全部)

亚当·普沃斯基教授，当代美国著名政治学家。1966年在美国西北大学获政治学博士学位，先后任教于华盛顿大学、芝加哥大学与纽约大学，到瑞士、德国、法国、智利、印度、波兰等多个国家做过访问学者。学术研究成果斐然。除了大量的学术论文外，普沃斯基教授还独著、合著或编辑出版了一系列在国际上有重大影响力的学术著作。如《民主、责任与代表》、《可持续性民主》、《资本主义下的国家与经济》等，许多著作一版再版，并被翻译成葡萄牙语、西班牙语、日语、韩语、汉语、土耳其语等多国文字。本书是他的代表作之一。

亚当·普沃斯基教授，当代美国著名政治学家。1966年在美国西北大学获政治学博士学位，先后任教于华盛顿大学、芝加哥大学与纽约大学，到瑞士、德国、法国、智利、印度、波兰等多个国家做过访问学者。学术研究成果斐然。除了大量的学术论文外，普沃斯基教授还独著、合著或编辑出版了一系列在国际上有重大影响力的学术著作。如《民主、责任与代表》、《可持续性民主》、《资本主义下的国家与经济》等，许多著作一版再版，并被翻译成葡萄牙语、西班牙语、日语、韩语、汉语、土耳其语等多国文字。本书是他的代表作之一。

Democracy in Latin America: Political Change in Comparative Perspective examines processes of democratization in Latin America from 1900 to the present. Organized thematically, with a unique historical perspective, the book provides a widespread view of political transformation throughout the entire region. In clear and jargon-free prose, the book: * Traces the origins a...(展开全部)