Latin American Politics and Development, 7th ed. - Howard j. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline (eds.)

The scholarly literature on the government and politics of Latin America continues to flourish, offering interesting research questions and cross-national comparisons touching on a variety of themes that continue trends from the past. Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey Kline’s (eds) Latin American Politics and Development is the most recent edition of the popular text on the government and politics in Latin America, revised and updated on recent developments since 2000. Leading specialists on the region provide an overview of Latin American development, policy processes, and key actors (the military, the Catholic Church, the landed oligarchy, bureaucracies, political parties and elections, etc.). Of particular import are the many chapters that illustrate the vitality and complexity of women’s movements. By analyzing women’s roles in very diverse democratic transitions, goals and strategies in consolidating democracies that help bring women to power, the various chapters demonstrate the distance women’s movements in Latin America have travelled, and that much terrain remains to be covered against resistant patriarchal societies in the region