"State and Society in Conflict" analyzes one of the most volatile
regions in Latin America, the Andean states of Colombia, Venezuela,
Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. For the last twenty-five years, crises
in these five Andean countries have endangered Latin America's
democracies and strained their relations with the United States. As
these nations struggle to cope with demands from Washington on
security policies (emphasizing drugs and terrorism), neoliberal
economics, and democratic politics, their resulting domestic
travails can be seen in poor economic growth, unequal wealth
distribution, mounting social unrest, and escalating political
instability.
The contributors to this volume examine the histories, politics,
and cultures of the Andean nations, and argue that, due to their
shared history and modern circumstances, these countries are
suffering a shared crisis of deteriorating relations between state
and society that is best understood in regional, not purely
national, terms. The results, in some cases, have been
semi-authoritarian hybrid regimes that lurch from crisis to crisis,
often controlled through force, though clinging to a notion of
democracy. The solution to these problems--whether through
democratic, authoritarian, peaceful, or violent means--will have
profound implications for the region and its future relations with
the world.
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