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Based on surveys of 12,000 people in Chile, Costa Rica, and Mexico, this book examines the different...
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Based on surveys of 12,000 people in Chile, Costa Rica, and Mexico, this book examines the different concepts of democracy within Latin America and contrasts each of these with the American understanding of the idea. Twelve essays discuss mass belief systems, trust, cultural explanations for democracy, the role of traditional variables, the relationship between the political culture in Mexico and that in the U.S., and economics and partisanship. Each of the essays are based on the same data set (included in an accompanying CD-ROM). Contributors are political scientists and historians from the United States, Mexico, and Argentina. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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