This innovative contribution to comparative area studies
evaluates Latin America's distinctiveness, and shows how 'large
regions' can be compared. The overwhelming impact of Europe
followed by precocious independence produced an exceptional outward
orientation, which has prompted successive waves of reform 'from
above and without', often resisted and superceded rather than fully
assimilated. This book explores the resulting patterns that can be
observed in multiple domains, through the optic of a 'mausoleum of
modernity.' By applying this perspective to state organization, the
politics of expertise, privatization, poverty and inequality, and
citizenship insecurity, it generates an overall new interpretation
of Latin America's regional distinctiveness.
General
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Studies of the Americas |
| Release date: |
April 2006 |
| First published: |
2006 |
| Authors: |
L. Whitehead
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
300 |
| Edition: |
2006 ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4039-7131-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
Political science & theory
|
| LSN: |
1-4039-7131-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781403971319 |
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