Revolution And Counterrevolution In Central America And The Caribbean - Hardcover

Schulz, Donald E; Graham, Douglas H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367285924 ISBN 13: 9780367285920

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

A detailed examination of the roots of revolution and counterrevolution in Central America and the Caribbean, this book draws on the research of an interdisciplinary team of noted scholars. The authors give special attention to the institutional and structural causes of stability and instability―in particular, the traditional role of the United States; the current economic crisis; the changing role of the Roman Catholic church; the influence of the military and security forces, the oligarchy, and the business sector; the problems of instituting socioeconomic reform; the politics of subsistence; and the revolutionary opposition. Following the thematic chapters, a country-by-country focus is employed to assess the situations in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Jamaica, and a section devoted to the international dimensions of the crisis looks at Mexican, Soviet, Cuban, and U.S. policies toward the region, The editors' concluding chapter explores prospects for the future of this troubled area.

About this title

About the Author

"Donald E. Schulz is assistant professor of political science at the University of Tampa. He is coeditor (with Jan S. Adams) of Political Participation in Communist Systems (1981) and author of Communist Policy Toward Southeast Asia, 1954-1969 (1970).
Douglas H. Graham is professor of agricultural economics and director of the Latin American Studies program at the Undergraduate Center for International Studies, Ohio State University. He is coauthor (with Thomas W. Merrick) of Population and Economic Development in Brazil, 1800 to the Present (1979)."

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367285924
• ISBN 13: 9780367285920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 555