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Tables of Contents for Assessing Democracy in Latin America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Tribute to Russell H. Fitzgibbon
vii
4
Preface
xi
Part One Special Topics in Addressing Democracy in Latin America
1
60
1 Measuring Democracy in Latin America: The Fitzgibbon Index
3
9
Philip Kelly
2 Studying the Ebb and Flow of Political Parties in the Quest for Democracy
12
14
John D. Martz
3 Social Democracy in Latin America
26
11
Robert L. Peterson
4 Democracy and the Environment in Latin America
37
17
Kathryn Hochstetler
Stephen Mumme
5 Assessing Democracy Then and Now: A Personal Memoir
54
7
Martin Needler
Part Two Assessing Democracy in Mexico and Middle America
61
136
6 Mexico's Problematic Transition to Democracy
63
13
Guy Poitras
7 Province Versus the Center: Democratizing Mexico's Political Culture
76
17
Roderic Ai Camp
8 The Quest for Central American Democracy Since 1945
93
24
Thomas M. Leonard
9 Elections and Democracy in Central America: The Cases of Costa Rica and Nicaragua
117
19
Charles L. Stansifer
10 Institutional Development, Democratization, and Independence in the Anglophone Caribbean
136
22
W. Marvin Will
11 Passion and Democracy in Cuba
158
15
Damian J. Fernandez
12 Haitian Democracy: Oxymoron or Emerging Reality?
173
12
Richard L. Millett
13 The Dilemmas of Democracy in the Dominican Republic: A Paradigm for All of Latin America?
185
12
Howard J. Wiarda
Part Three Assessing Democracy in South America
197
122
14 The Emergence of a Dominant Political Culture: Venezuelan Professionals and Post-1958 Democracy
199
21
David J. Myers
15 Democracy for the Few: Ecuador's Crisis-Prone Democracy
220
23
Robert E. Biles
16 Democracy in Peru?
243
14
David Scott Palmer
17 Democratic Crises and Assumptions in Chile and Uruguay
257
16
Ronald H. McDonald
18 The Military and Democracy in Argentina
273
20
Jack Child
19 Democracy in Bolivia and Paraguay: A Comparison
293
11
Philip Kelly
Thomas Whigham
20 Democracy and Development in Brazil: Cardoso's Catch-22
304
15
Jan Knippers Black
About the Editor and Contributors
319
4
Index
323