An Introduction to Latin American Politics : The Structure of Conflict

Prentice Hall, February 1977. Hardcover. First Edition / First Printing. Red illustrated boards. No dust jacket. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Binding square and tight. Covers clean. Spine faded. Mild shelfwear and foxing on closed edges. Not from a library. 358 pages. Contents: Part I: Sources of Cleavage and the Management of Conflict: 1. Demography, Social Structure and Economic Change; 2. Interest Groups and the Process of Change; 3. The Political Role of the Military; 4. Social Class and Political Party; 5. Communism and Anti-Communism; 6. The Political Process; 7. Types of Regime; Part II: Conflict Structures: 8. Mexico; 9. Central America; 10. The Caribbean; 11. The Andean Bloc I: Gran Colombia, or the Mountains and the Sea; 12. The Andean Bloc II: Three Kinds of Revolution; 13. The Argentine Sphere of Influence; Part III: Conclusion.