The Latin American tradition and process of development / Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline -- Argentina : intransigent's paradise / Paul H. Lewis -- Brazil : the politics of "A new order and progress" / Iêda Siqueira Wiarda -- Chile / Paul F. Sigmund -- Colombia : drugs, guerrillas, death squads, and U.S. aid / Harvey F. Kline and Vanessa Gray -- Peru : democratic forms, authoritarian practices / David Scott Palmer -- Venezuela : shaping the "New Democracy" / David J. Myers -- Balancing growth and democracy in Uruguay / Ronald H. McDonald and Martin Weinstein -- Paraguay : precarious democracy / Paul C. Sondrol -- Bolivia : the construction of a multiethnic democracy / Donna Lee Van Cott -- Ecuador : the fragility of dependent democracy / David W. Dent -- Mexico : from corporatism to pluralism? / George W. Grayson -- Development, revolution, and decay in Cuba / Juan M. del Aguila -- Costa Rica / Mitchell A. Seligson -- Nicaragua : the politics of frustration / Richard L. Millett -- El Salvador / Tommie Sue Montgomery -- Guatemala : democratic rebirth? / Robert H. Trudeau -- Honduras : the limits of democracy / J. Mark Ruhl -- The Dominican Republic : a new way / Anthony Peter Spanakos -- Panama : beyond elitist democracy and authoritarian populism in the new millennium? / Steve C. Ropp -- Haiti : the failure of governance / Georges C. Fauriol -- Conclusion : Latin America and the future / Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline.
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