Shaping the Political Arena (Paperback, New edition)

This book is a disciplined, paired comparison of the eight Latin American countries with the longest history of urban commercial and industrial development - Brazil and Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, Uruguay and Colombia, Argentina and Peru. The authors show how and why state party responses to the emergence of an organized working class have been crucial in shaping political coalitions, party systems, patterns of stability or conflict and the broad contours of regimes and their changes. The argument is complex yet clear, the analysis systematic yet nuanced. The focus is on autonomous political variables within particular socioeconomic contexts, the treatment of which is lengthy but rewarding.... Overall, a path-breaking volume. - Foreign Affairs Excellent comparative-historical analysis of eight countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela) focuses on emergence of different forms of control and mobilization of the labor movement. By concentrating on alternative strategies of the State in shaping the labor movement, authors are able to explain different trajectories of national political change in countries with longest history of urban, commerc

General

Imprint:	University of Notre Dame Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
Release date:	September 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Buth Berins Collier • David Collier
Preface by:	Guillermo O'Donnell
Dimensions:	153 x 229 x 51mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	898
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-268-01772-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > General Promotions
LSN:	0-268-01772-7
Barcode:	9780268017729

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