{"product_id":"political-culture-and-institutional-development-in-costa-rica-and-nicaragua-world-making-in-the-tropics-hardback-9780521842037","title":"Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua; World Making in the Tropics (Hardback) 9780521842037","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitical Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWorld Making in the Tropics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the reasons behind the many failed attempts to build stable democracies in Latin America.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eConsuelo Cruz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521842037, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 August 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e302 pages\u003cbr\u003e24 x 16.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Political Culture and Institutional Development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua is a masterpiece that combines new insights of political culture theory construction with an immense trove of historical facts about the two countries. Cruz shows a very rare creative ability in mixing a rich historical narrative with a new understanding of the role of political culture, which involves normative schemes, rhetoric, and imaginative possibilities...The analysis and conclusions add to our understanding of why Latin American nations, as a rule, seem unable to overcome the obstacles that would allow democratic consolidation in this region.\"    \u003cbr\u003e- Marcello Baquero, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Latin American Politics and Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDemocracy'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 This book is based on a wealth of original historical documents and contemporary interviews with prominent political actors and analyses five centuries of political history in these paradigmatic cases of outstanding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 its quality. But it also claims that political culture 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Theoretical overview\u003cbr\u003e 2. Manichean identities and normative scheming: origins\u003cbr\u003e 3. Orphans of Empire: constructing national identities\u003cbr\u003e 4. Post-colonial paths: rhetorical strategies and frames\u003cbr\u003e 5. Costa Rica: possibility mongers\u003cbr\u003e 6. Nicaragua: hybrid arbitration\u003cbr\u003e 7. Tropical histories: paradise and Hell on Earth\u003cbr\u003e 8. Transition: familiar novelties.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265222725912,"sku":"9780521842037","price":59.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521842037i.jpg?v=1692020750","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/political-culture-and-institutional-development-in-costa-rica-and-nicaragua-world-making-in-the-tropics-hardback-9780521842037","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}