Forgotten continent the battle for Latin America's soul / [electronic resource] :
Michael Reid.
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2007.
- xv, 384 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-365) and index.
The forgotten continent -- The Latin American conundrum -- The seed of democracy in the land of the caudillo -- Cold War and revolution : the United States and the left reject democracy -- Failed reformers, debt-ridden dictators : the right rejects democracy -- The rise and fall of the Washington consensus -- The populist challenge -- The reformist response -- Changing societies -- Evolving states -- The stubborn resilience of flawed democracies -- The loneliness of Latin America.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Democracy--History.--Latin America
Latin America--Politics and government--1980- Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-