Hot Spot: Latin AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 28. feb. 2008 - 288 síður From border crime in Mexico to Chavez's revolution in Venezuela, this volume presents up-to-the-minute coverage of the key conflicts, corruption, and revolutionary movements simmering or raging in every region of Latin America. In-depth, comprehensive chapters explore drug wars, immigration issues, terrorism, youth gangs, government corruption, controversy over oil, and political instability, including: The Zapatista Rebellion, the Darien Gap controversy, Evo Morales, Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) and Tupac Amaru, the Falklands, and Guantanamo Bay. |
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... institutions . Charles F. Andrain and James T. Smith found in their fifteen - nation study that the most corrupt nations " display the weakest enthusiasm for political democracy " and the least amount of institutional trust . They also ...
... institutions , increased public insecurity , and overwhelmed the abilities of police , courts , and other civilian institu- tions to operate under the rule of law . In his study of corruption and victimization , Mitchell A. Seligson ...
... institutional weaknesses that often put democratic institutions at grave risk . Extremely weak political institutions combined with deep ethnic and class divisions have made it hard to govern either Bolivia or Ecuador . Military coups ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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