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Democratic transitions in Central America

Author: Jorge I Domínguez; Marc Lindenberg
Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Remarkable changes have occurred over the past fifteen years in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Wars are ending, political systems have opened up substantially, and economic policies have been redesigned to favor market approaches. Most of the published literature on this area did not explain these developments and, in fact, had considered them improbable. The editors address four questions: How do the
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jorge I Domínguez; Marc Lindenberg
ISBN: 0813014867 9780813014869
OCLC Number: 34663390
Description: xi, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Democratic transitions in Central America and Panama / Jorge I. Domínguez --
Political and economic transition in Panama, 1978-1991 / Nicolás Ardito-Barletta --
Revolution and democratic transition in Nicaragua / Jaime Wheelock Román --
Democratic transitions in Nicaragua / Silvio de Franco and Jose Luis Velazquez --
Political transition in Guatemala, 1980-1990 : perspective from inside Guatemala's army / Hector Alejandro Gramajo Morales --
Guatemala 1978-1993 : incomplete process of the transition to democracy / Rodolfo Paiz-Andrade --
Democratic transition or modernization? the case of El Salvador since 1979 Rubén Zamora --
Recent Central American transitions : conclusions and policy implications / Marc Lindenberg
Responsibility: edited by Jorge I. Domínguez and Marc Lindenberg.
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Abstract:

Remarkable changes have occurred over the past fifteen years in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Wars are ending, political systems have opened up substantially, and economic policies have been redesigned to favor market approaches. Most of the published literature on this area did not explain these developments and, in fact, had considered them improbable. The editors address four questions: How do the powerful yield their power? How do key figures bring about political liberalization and democratization against seemingly impossible odds? What rules or arrangements do they design to achieve these outcomes? What is the behavior of economic elites in political and economic liberalization?

The ten contributors are all active political figures in Central America, often from opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. They include a former president, a former defense minister, two former finance ministers, a Sandinista commander, a former associate of the Salvadoran guerrillas, and three presidential candidates - all providing reflections and insights on the processes by which they helped bring about political and economic change in Central America.

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