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| Maps | |
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| Frequently Cited Acronyms | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: Notes on Studying Politics in Latin America | |
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| An Introduction to Twenty-First Century Latin America | |
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| Geography | |
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| Once There Were Rain Forests | |
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| The People | |
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| The Land | |
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| The Cities Explode: Urbanization | |
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| Early History | |
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| People in the Americas before the Conquest | |
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| The Conquest | |
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| How Could They Do It? | |
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| Early Colony | |
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| Production, Trade, and Extraction of Riches | |
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| The Church | |
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| Colonial State Organization | |
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| Governmental Organization | |
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| The Bourbon Reforms | |
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| A Historical Overview from Independence to the Present Day | |
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| Independence | |
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| Early Drive for Independence in Hispanic America | |
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| Brazilian Independence | |
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| Early Years of Independence | |
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| The Aftermath of Independence and the Monroe Doctrine 1850-1880 1880-1910 Post-1910 | |
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| The Cold War and Change | |
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| The Other Americans | |
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| European Justification | |
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| The Role of Sugar and Slavery | |
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| Resistance to Slavery | |
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| Concept of Race | |
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| Contemporary Struggle of the Indigenous People | |
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| Society, Family, and Gender | |
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| Family and Gender Roles | |
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| Class, Gender, Race, and Mobility | |
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| Homosexuality and Transgenderis | |
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| Religion in Latin America | |
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| Indigenous Religious Practice | |
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| Colonial Catholic Church | |
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| The Church in Modern Latin America | |
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| A New Political Role | |
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| Impact of Liberation Theology | |
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| Protestantism and Pentecostalism | |
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| African-Inspired Religions | |
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| Judaism | |
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| The Political Economy of Latin America | |
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| On Economics and Political Economy | |
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| The Latin American Economy | |
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| Agrarian Production | |
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| Foreign Investment and Enclave Production | |
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| Dependency and Underdevelopment | |
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| Import Substitution Industrialization | |
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| Export Orientation | |
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| Increasing Foreign Debt and the Debt Crisis | |
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| Structural Adjustment and the Move to Neoliberalism | |
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| Privatization and Neoliberalism | |
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| Regional Integration, NAFTA, and the Globalization Process | |
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| Economic Legacy | |
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| Twenty-First-Century Prospects | |
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| Democracy and Authoritarianism: Latin American Political Culture | |
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| Authoritarian Legacy and Weak Democratic Tradition | |
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| Democratization | |
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| Politics, Power, Institutions, and Actors | |
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| Constitutions | |
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| Institutions | |
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| Political Actors | |
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| Rural Poor | |
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| Struggling for Change: Revolution, Social and Political Movements in Latin America | |
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| Cuba | |
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| Nicaragua | |
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| El Salvador | |
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| Guatemala | |
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| Columbia | |
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| Peru | |
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| Argentine Manifestation | |
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| Chiapas: Regional Victory | |
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| Ecuador | |
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| New Social Movements and New Politics: The MST | |
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| U.S.-Latin American Relations | |
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| Territorial Expansion: Confrontation with Mexico | |
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| Dreams of Cuba | |
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| Economic Transformation | |
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| Gunboat Diplomacy, the Big Stick, and Dollar Diplomacy | |
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| Democracy and World War IIThe Rio Treaty and the Organization of American States | |
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| Guatemalan Case | |
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| Alliance for Progress | |
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| National Security Doctrine | |
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| September 11 Coup in Chile | |
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| Counterinsurgency | |
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| Cold War in Central America | |
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| Latin America and the Post-Cold War World | |
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| Latin American Initiatives | |
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| Prospects for the Future | |
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| Guatemala | |
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| Precolonial, Colonial, and Neocolonial History | |
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| The Revolution of 1944-1954 and the 1954 CIA Intervention | |
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| Aftermath: Chronic Crisis | |
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| Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 1970s-1980s | |
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| Transistion to Restricted Civilian Rule | |
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| Social Crisis and Reemergence of Social Movements | |
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| Guatemala's Peace Process (1990-1996)Postwar Guatemala (1997-2007) | |
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| Mexico | |
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| Historical Trajectory | |
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| Economic Development and the "Perfect Dictatorship": 1940-1982 | |
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| Economic Liberalization and Political Transition: 1982-2000 | |
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| Toward an Uncertain Future: 2000-2010 | |
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| Cuba | |
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| History | |
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| Revolution | |
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| Revolution in Power | |
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| Decade of the 1970s: Economic Changes | |
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| Political Process | |
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| International Relations | |
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| Cuban Response to the Collapse of the Soviet Union | |
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| Brazil | |
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| A Brief Political History | |
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| Democratic Interlude | |
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| Military Rule | |
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| The "New Republic� | |
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| Political Economy | |
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| Foreign Policy | |
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| Geography of Inequality | |
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| A Culture of Discrimination | |
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| The Political System | |
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| The President | |
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| The Legislature | |
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| The Courts | |
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| Political Parties | |
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| Interest Groups | |
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| The Amazon | |
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| Brazil Today | |
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| Argentina | |
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| Political Evolution | |
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| Economic Crisis, Political Upheaval, and the Return of Populism | |
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| Politics and Power | |
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| Looking Forward: Argentina's Political Prospects | |
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| Chile | |
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| Political Economy | |
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| Political History | |
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| Military Government | |
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| Power and Politics | |
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| Chilean Government Structures | |
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| Interest Groups | |
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| Venezuela | |
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| Geography and People | |
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| Race and Gender | |
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| Venezuela's History and Its Uses Today | |
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| Oil Changes Everything | |
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| The Punto Fijo Regime and the Rise and Fall of "Partyarchy� | |
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| Colombia | |
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| Nicargua | |
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| Bolivia | |
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| Presidential Elections | |
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| Recent Legislative Elections | |