Latin American democracies of the sixties and seventies, most theories hold, collapsed because they had become incompatible with the structural requirements of

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For this new edition of American Reformers 1815-1860, Ronald G. Walters has amplified and updated his exploration of the fervent and diverse outburst of reform

The fall of the Soviet communist regime in 1991 offers a challenging contrast to other instances of democratic transition and change in the last decades of the

In a relatively short time, the American state developed from a weak, highly decentralized confederation composed of thirteen former English colonies into the f