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Author:   Gerardo L. Munck (Associate Professor, School of International Relations, University of Southern California)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780199219902

ISBN 10:   0199219907
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   10 May 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Research Agendas and Strategies in the Study of Latin American Politics; 1. The Study of Politics and Democracy: Touchstones of a Research Agenda; 2. Reconceptualizing Democratization: Access to Power versus Exercise of Power; 3. Neo-Madisonian Theory and Latin American Institutions; 4. Thickening Thin Concepts: Issues in Large-N Data Generation; 5. Classifying Political Regimes in Latin America, 1945-2004; 6. Theory Building and Hypothesis Testing: Large-N vs. Small-N Research on Democratization; 7. Democracy and Growth: A Case Study in Failed Causal Inference; 8. Why Regions of the World Are Important: Regional Specificities and Region-Wide Diffusion of Democracy; 9. Democracy, Dictatorship and Economic Development: A Model of Reference-Dependent Choices With Experimental Data; References; Index

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Gerardo Munck, Argentinian by birth, received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California in San Diego and teaches in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on political regimes and democracy, methodology, and Latin America.

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