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" Understanding Central America : "
John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, Thomas W. Walker
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BL
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586354
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b415573
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| Main Entry
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Booth, John A.,1946-
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Understanding Central America : : global forces, rebellion, and change /\ John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, Thomas W. Walker
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5th ed
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| Publication Statement
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Boulder, CO :: Westview Press,, c2010
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xx, 338 p. :: ill., maps ;; 23 cm
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9780813344218 (alk. paper)
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: 0813344212 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Crisis and transformation -- Global forces and system change in Central America -- Poverty and its causes -- Regime change in Central America -- Discussion -- The common history -- Conquest to 1838 to the present -- Costa Rica -- Historical background -- Weathering global forces -- The economic development model transformed -- Changes in politics and parties -- Contemporary Costa Rican politics -- Conclusions -- Nicaragua -- Historical background -- Global forces and insurrection -- The revolution -- Replacing the revolution -- Contemporary Nicaraguan politics -- Conclusions -- El Salvador -- Historical background -- Global forces and insurrection -- Government and politics since the peace accord -- Conclusions -- Guatemala -- Historical background -- Global forces and conflict -- The civilian transitional regime and the civil war -- The peace accords and contemporary Guatemalan politics -- Conclusions -- Honduras -- Historical background -- Weathering global forces -- Contemporary Honduran politics -- Conclusions -- Political participation, political attitudes, and democracy -- Citizen participation -- Citizen attitudes -- Factors shaping attitudes and participation -- Conclusions -- Power, democracy, and US policy in Central America -- The problem of power -- Democracy -- Mobilization -- The roots of US policy in Central America -- Communism in Central America -- Demobilization in Central America -- US policy in the post-Cold War period -- Conclusions -- Reflections and projections -- Reflections: repression, mobilization, and democratic transition -- Projections: prospects for democratic consolidation -- Conclusions
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Political stability-- Central America-- History-- 20th century
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Democratization-- Central America-- History-- 20th century
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Social conflict-- Central America-- History-- 20th century
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Revolutions-- Central America-- History-- 20th century
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Central America, History, 1951-1979
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Central America, History, 1979-
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| Dewey Classification
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972.8/03
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F1439.B66 2010
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Wade, Christine J
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Walker, Thomas W.,1940-
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