- What were the principal characteristics of “oligarchic democracy” in Latin America? How did it differ from “co-optative” democracy?
- Define and describe the political roles of the military in Spanish America.
- What were the political correlates of ISI? In what countries were they most apparent?
- What conditions led to the emergence of women as major political actors in Latin America?
- Why did revolutionary guerrilla movements succeed in Cuba and Nicaragua—but not in other countries of Latin America?
- What are the principal limitations of Latin American democracy today? What is the meaning of “illiberal democracy”? How has the socio-political orientation of democratic rule fluctuated in recent decades?
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Modern Latin America
