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997467
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b751837
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| Main Entry
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Whitehead, Laurence.
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| Title & Author
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Latin America : : a new interpretation /\ Laurence Whitehead.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Studies of the Americas
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1 online resource (xii, 300 pages)
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| ISBN
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0230619967
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: 1281367982
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: 1403971315
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: 1403977224
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: 9780230619968
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: 9781281367983
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: 9781403971319
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: 9781403977229
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1403971315
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1403977224
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Latin America in comparative perspective -- Latin America as a "mausoleum of modernities" -- Latin American state organization -- The politics of expertise -- Economics in Mexico: the power of ideas and ideas of power -- Privatization and the public interest: partial theories, lopsides outcomes -- Democracy, inequality, and insecurity: a paradoxical configuration -- On characterizing Latin America.
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| Abstract
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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.
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National characteristics, Latin American.
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Civilization.
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HISTORY-- General.
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HISTORY.
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National characteristics, Latin American.
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Neoliberalismo-- América latina.
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Organização social-- América latina.
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Política e governo-- América latina.
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Political science theory-- Latin America.
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Politics and Government.
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Latin America, Civilization.
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AmÉrica Latina (HistÓria;Aspectos SociopolÍticos)
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Latin America.
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| Dewey Classification
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980 22 22
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| LC Classification
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F1408.3.W45 2006eb
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