Laurence Whitehead

Democratization

Theory and Experience

Democratization has swept the globe over the past generation, and analysts and policy makers have been struggling to keep up. Bookshelves have been fi...

Latin America: A New Interpretation

This book of collected essays by Laurence Whitehead, an eminent scholar of Latin America, explores the structures and influences that bind together th...

Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

Comparative Perspectives

An array of internationally noted scholars examines the process of democratization in Southern Europe and Latin America. The authors provide new inter...

Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

Southern Europe

An array of internationally noted scholars examines the process of democratization in southern Europe and Latin America. They provide new interpretati...

Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies

The foundational text for democratization studies for over 25 years. Political science scholars consider the four-volume work Transitions from Authori...

Democratization

Theory and Experience

Democratization has swept the globe over the past generation, and analysts and policy makers have been struggling to keep up. Bookshelves have been fi...

Latin American Debt and the Adjustment Crisis

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Unresolved Tensions

Bolivia Past and Present

This volume brings together an expert group of commentators and participants from within the Bolivian political arena to offer diverse perspectives on...

Shifting the Balance

Obama and the Americas

"Examines the successful and unsuccessful approaches to rapprochement between the United States and various countries in Latin America and the Caribbe...

The Obama Administration and the Americas

Agenda for Change

"Argues that the Obama administration should focus early and strategically on Latin America because of its impact on issues from energy, narcotics, an...

Public Sector Activities in Latin America

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Social Policies and Institutional Reform in Post-COVID Cuba

The economic crisis in the wake of the COVID pandemic is putting Cuba's socialism to a severe test. The government in Havana has added a fundamental r...

Mounting Pressures on the Rule of Law

Governability for Development and Democracy in Latin America

"This important book offers an original perspective on the rule of law, development, and democracy in Latin America, establishing a new approach in re...

Cuban Exceptionalism Revisited

Nach 1989 ist das Ende des kubanischen "Sonderfalls" oft beschworen worden. Doch mehr als anderthalb Jahrzehnte nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges behau...