Politics and Social Change in Latin America

This book explores the distinct tradition of social change and political development in Latin America. Looking particularly at the challenges presented by redemocratization and the new pluralism, it raises the question of whether a "distinct tradition" still remains.

Preface -- Introduction: Social Change, Political Development, and the Latin American Tradition -- Historical Interpretations -- A Framework for Latin American Culture -- The Spanish American Past-Enemy of Change -- The Tradition of Monistic Democracy in Latin America -- Claims of Political Tradition -- Independence, Change, and the Special Nature of Latin American Development -- Centralism and Nationalism in Latin America -- Toward a Theory of Spanish American Government -- Spanish America, 1900-1970: Tradition and Social Innovation -- From Church and State to Religion and Politics and Back Again -- Toward a Framework for Analysis and Understanding -- Latin America: Illusion or Reality? A Case for a New Analytic Framework for the Region -- Law and Political Development in Latin America: Toward a Framework for Analysis -- Toward a Theory of Latin American Politics -- Understanding Latin American Politics: Analytic Models and Intellectual Traditions -- Implications for Policy -- Pipe Dreams: The Pluralistic Latins -- On Democracy and Democratization -- Conclusion: Toward a Model of Social Change and Political Development in Latin America-Summary, Implications, Frontiers