Political Culture and Institutional Development. Cruz Hardcover<|

Political Culture and Institutional Development. Cruz Hardcover<|

Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and NicaraguaWorld Making in the Tropics\nAuthor(s): Consuelo Cruz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521842037, 978-0521842037\nSynopsis\nDemocracy's checkered past and uncertain future in the developing world still puzzles and fascinates. In Latin America, attempts to construct resilient democracies have been as pervasive as reversals have been cruel. This book is based on a wealth of original historical documents and contemporary interviews with prominent political actors and analyses five centuries of political history in these paradigmatic cases of outstanding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 .

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