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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Defusing democracy Defusing democracy Delia M. Boylan "Many of today's new democracies are constrained by institutional forms designed by previous authoritarian rulers. In this timely and provocative study, Delia M. Boylan traces the emergence of these … OL12513890W
Sustaining civil society Sustaining civil society Philip Oxhorn "Devoting particular emphasis to Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico, proposes a theory of civil society to explain the economic and political challenges for continuing democratization in Latin America"--Prov… OL15921529W
Eine Marienerscheinung in Zeiten der Diktatur Eine Marienerscheinung in Zeiten der Diktatur Oliver Grasmück xxxiv, 709 p. : 24 cm OL16359797W
Cybernetic Revolutionaries Cybernetic Revolutionaries Eden Medina Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the sec… OL21519240W
The State and Capital in Chile The State and Capital in Chile Eduardo Silva "In this book-length extension of an earlier article on economic policy under Pinochet, Silva analyzes the interplay of social groups (principally capitalists and landowners), state structure, econom… OL3264532W
The Condor years The Condor years John Dinges "The Condor Years is the underground history of the international Dirty Wars by U.S. allies in South America. For much of a decade, six allied governments engaged in secret warfare intended to wipe o… OL4125845W
In the name of reason In the name of reason Patricio Silva "Explores the role played by technocrats in the political and institutional evolution of Chile since the late ninetieth century until today, with emphasis on the period from 1938-1973 as well as the … OL4369319W
Andrés Bello Andrés Bello Ivan Jaksic "This is the first biography of Andres Bello to appear in English. Bello, the most important intellectual of nineteenth-century Latin America, made enduring contributions to the fields of internation… OL4624282W