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1 online resource (xvii, 281 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Theoretical overview -- Manichean identities and normative scheming -- Orphans of empire -- Post-colonial paths -- Costa Rica -- Nicaragua -- Tropical histories -- Transition. |
| Summary |
"Democracy's checkered past and uncertain future in the developing world still puzzle and fascinate. In Latin America, attempts to construct resilient democracies have been as pervasive as reversals have been cruel. Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua - based on a wealth of original historical documents and contemporary interviews with prominent political actors - analyzes five centuries of political history in these paradigmatic cases of outstanding democratic success and abysmal failure. It shows that while factors highlighted by standard explanations matter, it is political culture that configures economic development, institutional choices, and political pacts in ways that directly affect both democracy's chances and its quality. But this book argues for a fundamental revision of the concept itself. The book claims that political culture, far from being a static repository of values, is a dynamic combination of rational and normative imperatives that define actors' views of the permissible, shape their sense of realism, structure political struggles, and legitimate the resulting distribution of power."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political culture -- Costa Rica -- History.
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Political culture. |
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Costa Rica. |
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History. |
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Political culture -- Nicaragua -- History.
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Nicaragua. |
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Costa Rica -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Nicaragua -- Politics and government.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cruz, Consuelo. Political culture and institutional development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521842034 (DLC) 2004026762 (OCoLC)56967195 |
| ISBN |
9781107321830 (electronic book) |
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1107321832 (electronic book) |
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9780511528088 (e-book) |
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0511528086 (e-book) |
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9781107316447 |
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1107316448 |
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0521842034 |
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9780521842037 |
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