ISBN:
9780429979002
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (329 pages)
Series Statement:
Latin America in Global Perspective
Parallel Title:
Print version Smith, Peter H Latin America in Comparative Perspective : New Approaches to Methods and Analysis
DDC:
306.2/098
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- CHAPTER ONE: The Changing Agenda for Social Science Research on Latin America -- PART ONE: ANALYTICAL STRATEGIES -- CHAPTER TWO: Contending Paradigms for Cross-Regional Comparison: Development Strategies and Commodity Chains in East Asia and Latin America -- CHAPTER THREE: Purposes and Methods of lntraregional Comparison -- CHAPTER FOUR: Uses and Limitations of Rational Choice -- PART TWO: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES -- CHAPTER FIVE: Rewriting the Scripts: Gender in the Comparative Study of Latin American Politics -- CHAPTER SIX: Trajectory of a Concept: "Corporatism" in the Study of Latin American Politics -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Assessments of State Strength -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Reassessing Political Culture -- PART THREE: POLITICAL ROLES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE -- CHAPTER NINE: Polls, Political Discourse, and the Public Sphere: The Spin on Peru's Fuji-golpe -- CHAPTER TEN: Public Opinion Research in Mexico -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Public Opinion Research in Russia and Eastern Europe -- About the Book -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Index
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