Latin American Politics, Second Edition is a thematic introduction to the political systems of all 20 Latin American countries.

Acknowledgments
Preface
List of Acronyms
Map

1. Why Study Latin America?
2. Why History Matters
3. Latin America’s Historic Power Elites
4. Political Traditions, Political Legacies, and Political Institutions: How Personal Rule and Political Violence Figure in Modern Latin American Politics
5. Political Institutions and the Machinery of Government
6. Parties, Elections, and Movements
7. Unconstitutional Political Change: Coups, Insurgencies, and Revolutions as Contentious Politics
8. Democracy and Democratization
9. Political Economy and Economic Policy in Latin America
10. Latin American International Relations
11. Latin America in Comparative Perspective

Bibliography
Index

David Close is Professor of Political Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Politics, Power, and the Common Good: An Introduction to Political Science, Fifth Edition (2017) and Nicaragua: Navigating the Politics of Democracy (2016).