Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 286 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0199219907
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0199219893
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9780199219902
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9780199219896
Series Statement:
Oxford studies in democratization
Content:
The volume will be of interest to readers seeking to understand debates about democracy in developing societies and to grasp the concepts, theories and methods that are currently being developed to study Latin American politics. - ;This volume focuses on democracy in Latin America, and both assesses the state of current knowledge on the topic and identifies new research frontiers in the study of Latin American politics. It provides an overview of research agendas and strategies used in the literature over the past four decades. It tackles a series of central questions-What is democracy? Is dem
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-281) and index
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Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction: Research Agendas and Strategies in the Study of Latin American Politics; PART I. RESEARCH AGENDAS; 1. The Study of Politics and Democracy: Touchstones of a Research Agenda; 2. Reconceptualizing Democratization: Access to Power Versus Exercise of Power; 3. Neo-Madisonian Theory and Latin American Institutions; PART II. CONCEPTS, DATA, AND DESCRIPTION; 4. Thickening Thin Concepts: Issues in Large-N Data Generation; 5. Classifying Political Regimes in Latin America, 1945-2004; PART III. CAUSAL THEORIZING AND TESTING
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6. Theory Building and Hypothesis Testing: Large-N Versus Small-N Research on Democratization7. Democracy and Growth: A Case Study in Failed Causal Inference; 8. Why Regions of the World Are Important: Regional Specificities and Region-Wide Diffusion of Democracy; 9. Democracy, Dictatorship, and Economic Development: A Model of Reference-Dependent Choices with Experimental Data; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199219896
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Regimes and Democracy in Latin America : Theories and Methods
Language:
English
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