Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua: World Making in the Tropics Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua: World Making in the Tropics Book

There have been many attempts to build stable democracies in Latin America, and nearly as many cruel reversals. The reasons are not well understood. This book is based on original historical documents and contemporary interviews with prominent politicians in democratically stable Costa Rica and in often-violent Nicaragua. It shows that political culture is a combination of rationality and norms that defines what we see as permissible, shapes our sense of realism, how we compete in politics, and the kind of power-distribution that results.Read More

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  • Product Description

    Attempts to construct resilient democracies have been as pervasive as reversals have been cruel in Latin America. Based on a wealth of original historical documents and contemporary interviews, this volume analyzes five centuries of political history through paradigmatic examples of outstanding democratic success and abysmal failure. It demonstrates that while factors highlighted by standard explanations matter, it is political culture that configures economic development, institutional choices and political pacts in ways that directly affect democracy's chances and quality.

  • 0521120403
  • 9780521120401
  • Consuelo Cruz
  • 20 August 2009
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
  • 1
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