Varieties of Liberalism in Central America : : Nation-States as Works in Progress / / Arturo Cruz S., Forrest D. Colburn.

Why do some countries progress while others stagnate? Why does adversity strengthen some countries and weaken others? Indeed, in this era of unprecedented movement of people, goods, and ideas, just what constitutes a nation-state? Forrest Colburn and Arturo Cruz suggest how fundamental these questio...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2007
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (136 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ENIGMATIC NATION-STATES AND CONCEPTUAL NIHILISM
  • GEOGRAPHY AND MYTH
  • LIBERALISM AND DEMOCRACY
  • UNFETTERED MARKETS
  • WHAT WENT RIGHT?
  • WHAT WENT WRONG?
  • CHOICES, CONSTRAINTS, IDIOSYNCRASIES, AND FORTUNE
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
  • NOTE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS