Latin American Politics: A Theoretical Approach, Revised Edition (Translations from Latin America Series, ILAS) (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series) - Softcover

Di Tella, Torcuato S.; Di Tella, Torcuato

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292716133 ISBN 13: 9780292716131

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2001

Synopsis

First published in English in 1990 as Latin American Politics: A Theoretical Framework, a translation of Torcuato S. Di Tella's original Sociología de los procesos políticos, this new edition also focuses on the prerequisites for democracy in any society and on the role of the popular classes in social change. Di Tella draws on the work of Montesquieu, Burke, Tocqueville, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim in formulating his explanatory theories. These theories are then tested against crucial events in Latin American history—from the rebellions of the eighteenth century to the caudillos of the nineteenth century and the militarism of the twentieth century.

This latest edition is more attuned to an English-speaking audience, with a new chapter addressing the historical process in Argentina from the 1930s to 2000. Latin American Politics is written in a style easily accessible to the general reader or student, while its emphasis on the growth of democracy in Latin America makes it particularly timely.

About this title

About the Author:

Torcuato S. Di Tella has most recently been Professor of Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires; he has also taught at Columbia University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Stanford University. In 2010 he was appointed as Argentina’s ambassador to Italy.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0292716133
• ISBN 13: 9780292716131
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256