{"product_id":"9780292789432","title":"Latin American Politics: A Theoretical Approach","description":"First published in English in 1990 as \u003ci\u003eLatin American Politics: A Theoretical Framework\u003c\/i\u003e, a translation of Torcuato S. Di Tella's original \u003ci\u003eSociología de los procesos políticos\u003c\/i\u003e, this new edition also focuses on the prerequisites for democracy in any society and on the role of the popular classes in social change. Di Tella draws on the work of Montesquieu, Burke, Tocqueville, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim in formulating his explanatory theories. These theories are then tested against crucial events in Latin American historyfrom the rebellions of the eighteenth century to the caudillos of the nineteenth century and the militarism of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e    This latest edition is more attuned to an English-speaking audience, with a new chapter addressing the historical process in Argentina from the 1930s to the present. Latin American Politics is written in a style easily accessible to the general reader or student, while its emphasis on the growth of democracy in Latin America makes it particularly timely. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Torcuato S. Di Tella is Professor of Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires. He has also been a visiting professor at Columbia University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Stanford University.     \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107754688752,"sku":"9780292789432","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780292789432_p0.jpg?v=1763683282","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780292789432","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}