{"product_id":"shaping-the-political-arena-paperback-softback-9780268017729","title":"Shaping the Political Arena (Paperback \/ softback) 9780268017729","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShaping the Political Arena\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRuth Berins Collier (Author), David Collier (Author), Guillermo O'Donnell (Preface by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780268017729\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 September 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e900 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.5 cm, 1.18 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\u003cp\u003e\"Massive in scope, ambitious in its conceptual reach, and encyclopedic in detail, \u003cem\u003eShaping the Political Arena\u003c\/em\u003e is destined to stand as a landmark in the literature for years to come.\" —\u003cem\u003eStudies in Comparative International Development\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This massive, ambitious, and wide-ranging book advances our understanding of modern Latin American politics by identifying the historical moment when forces emerged and relations were crystallized in ways that shaped subsequent political life.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe Review of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"To paraphrase the book's title, this masterful work deserves to shape the intellectual arena for social scientists and historians for years to come.\" —\u003cem\u003ePolitical Science Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a monumental work, a tour de force. It is one of the most important books in the field of Latin American politics in several years.\" —\u003cem\u003eAmerican Political Science Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"… Colliers' mammoth tome remains among the most significant contributions to the field of comparative political science … [It] is an indispensable point of reference both for students of comparative politics in twentieth-century Latin America and for comparativists interested in state-society relations in late industrializing societies throughout the world. \u003cem\u003eShaping the Political Arena\u003c\/em\u003e is destined to remain among the classic works of Latin Americanist scholarship that contribute to disciplinary debates that reach far beyond the region itself.\" —\u003cem\u003eCanadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a disciplined, paired comparison of the eight Latin American countries with the longest history of urban commercial and industrial development—Brazil and Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, Uruguay and Colombia, Argentina and Peru. . . . Overall, a path-breaking volume.\" —\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRuth Berins Collier and David Collier are political scientists who use comparative historical research to discover and evaluate patterns and sources of political change. Their work is an overall analysis of Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, and Mexico, plus case studies of four distinct pairs in that group: Chile\/Brazil, Uruguay\/Colombia, Argentina\/Peru, and Venezuela\/Mexico. In addition, the Colliers meticulously describe and discuss their methods for the study including the limitations of their approach. The authors specifically focus on why and how organized labor movements in the first half of the twentieth century were incorporated into the political process in the eight Latin American countries they study. They analyze the role played by political parties, central government control, worker mobilization, and conflict between radical vs. centrist political philosophies and activities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640467091736,"sku":"9780268017729","price":40.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shaping-the-political-arena-paperback-softback-9780268017729","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}