John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, Thomas W. Walker
5th ed
Boulder, CO :
Westview Press,
c2010
xx, 338 p. :
ill., maps ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Crisis and transformation -- Global forces and system change in Central America -- Poverty and its causes -- Regime change in Central America -- Discussion -- The common history -- Conquest to 1838 to the present -- Costa Rica -- Historical background -- Weathering global forces -- The economic development model transformed -- Changes in politics and parties -- Contemporary Costa Rican politics -- Conclusions -- Nicaragua -- Historical background -- Global forces and insurrection -- The revolution -- Replacing the revolution -- Contemporary Nicaraguan politics -- Conclusions -- El Salvador -- Historical background -- Global forces and insurrection -- Government and politics since the peace accord -- Conclusions -- Guatemala -- Historical background -- Global forces and conflict -- The civilian transitional regime and the civil war -- The peace accords and contemporary Guatemalan politics -- Conclusions -- Honduras -- Historical background -- Weathering global forces -- Contemporary Honduran politics -- Conclusions -- Political participation, political attitudes, and democracy -- Citizen participation -- Citizen attitudes -- Factors shaping attitudes and participation -- Conclusions -- Power, democracy, and US policy in Central America -- The problem of power -- Democracy -- Mobilization -- The roots of US policy in Central America -- Communism in Central America -- Demobilization in Central America -- US policy in the post-Cold War period -- Conclusions -- Reflections and projections -- Reflections: repression, mobilization, and democratic transition -- Projections: prospects for democratic consolidation -- Conclusions
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Democratization-- Central America-- History-- 20th century
Political stability-- Central America-- History-- 20th century
Revolutions-- Central America-- History-- 20th century
Social conflict-- Central America-- History-- 20th century