Customer Review: I highly recommend this book for anyone who studies political science, democracy, or is simply interested in Latin America. It is an excelent scholarly work, which defines democracy (using Robert Dahl's definition) and defines the criteria, and then each individual essay gives a complete case study... more info
Customer Review: Jonathan Hartlyn's, The Struggle for Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic ("DR") explains the advancement of democratic politics in the Dominican Republic, with a particular emphasis on the period after 1961. To establish a historical context for his analysis he has surveyed the... more info