Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; List of Acronyms; CHAPTER ONE: The Changing Agenda for Social Science Research on Latin America; PART ONE: ANALYTICAL STRATEGIES; CHAPTER TWO: Contending Paradigms for Cross-Regional Comparison: Development Strategies and Commodity Chains in East Asia and Latin America; CHAPTER THREE: Purposes and Methods of lntraregional Comparison; CHAPTER FOUR: Uses and Limitations of Rational Choice; PART TWO: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
CHAPTER FIVE: Rewriting the Scripts: Gender in the Comparative Study of Latin American PoliticsCHAPTER SIX: Trajectory of a Concept: ""Corporatism"" in the Study of Latin American Politics; CHAPTER SEVEN: Assessments of State Strength; CHAPTER EIGHT: Reassessing Political Culture; PART THREE: POLITICAL ROLES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE; CHAPTER NINE: Polls, Political Discourse, and the Public Sphere: The Spin on Peru's Fuji-golpe; CHAPTER TEN: Public Opinion Research in Mexico; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Public Opinion Research in Russia and Eastern Europe; About the Book; About the Editor and Contributors; Index
Summary
This book highlights the necessity of analyzing Latin American society and politics within broad comparative frameworks. It explores methodological strategies for regional comparison and offers new approaches to the study of women, state power, corporatism, and political culture
