Latin America in the 1980s was marked by the transition to democracy and a turn toward economic orthodoxy. Unsettling Statecraft analyzes this transition in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, focusing on the political dynamics underlying change and the many disturbing tendencies at work as these countries shed military authoritarianism for civilian rule.

Catherine M. Conaghan is professor of political science at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

James M. Malloy is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pittsburgh.