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Demanding democracy : reform and reaction in Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1870s-1950s
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Demanding democracy : reform and reaction in Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1870s-1950s

Author: Deborah J Yashar
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©1997.
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Demanding Democracy argues that the democratizing coalition's success in Costa Rica and its failure in Guatemala rested on its capacity to redistribute elite property early and exercise effective political control of the countryside. The book's distinct theoretical approach integrates an analysis of the conditions fostering democracy with an analysis of those conducive to its endurance. In doing so, it bridges  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Deborah J Yashar
ISBN: 0804727902 9780804727907 0804728739 9780804728737
OCLC Number: 35138445
Description: xix, 319 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction --
2. Between Building States and Agricultural Export Markets --
3. Demanding Democracy --
4. Addressing the Social Question --
5. Organizing Labor --
6. From Opposition to Regime-Founding Coalitions --
7. Enduring Regimes.
Responsibility: Deborah J. Yashar.
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Demanding Democracy argues that the democratizing coalition's success in Costa Rica and its failure in Guatemala rested on its capacity to redistribute elite property early and exercise effective political control of the countryside. The book's distinct theoretical approach integrates an analysis of the conditions fostering democracy with an analysis of those conducive to its endurance. In doing so, it bridges arguments that focus on democratic transitions and those that focus on their consolidation. Moreover, it moves beyond debates about the role of structure and agency in these processes by focusing on the interaction between historical institutions that favor authoritarian rule and the political coalitions that work to remake those institutions in ways consonant with democracy.

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