TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lehoucq,Fabrice Edouard
TI  - The politics of modern Central America: civil war, democratization, and underdevelopment 
SN  - 9780521730792 (pbk.)
AV  - 130 F 1439.5 L524p 2012
U1  - 972.805/3 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Civil war
KW  - Central America
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Guerra civil
KW  - América Central
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1979-
KW  - Política y gobierno
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Condiciones económicas
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Central America on the eve of the 1980s
2. Civil war, revolution, and economic collapse
3. Stalemates, peace negotiations, and democratization
4. Economic stability, lacklustre growth, and social change
5. Democracy, state capacity, and redistribution
N2  - "This book analyzes the origins and consequences of civil war in Central America. Fabrice Lehoucq explains why the inability of autocracies to reform led to the civil wars of the 1980s and why violent conflict led to the unexpected transition to non-military governments in the 1990s. He examines why economic stagnation throughout much of the region, along with unevenness of political reform, has limited democratization. This book also uses these developments to shed light on core debates in comparative politics, suggesting that more progress has been made in understanding the persistence of inequality than in identifying the causes of civil war"--
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