Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.
Contents
Latin America in comparative perspective -- Three paradigms for interpreting Latin America -- Civil society in Latin America -- Human rights in Latin America -- The dilemmas of democracy in the Dominican Republic : a paradigm for all of Latin America? -- Venezuela and Argentina : development and disintegration -- Cuba and Marxism-Leninism -- Democracy and U.S. policy in the Caribbean basin -- Reassessing U.S. policy in Latin America -- Neoliberalism and its problems -- Transitions to democracy--or something less than that?.
