Demanding Democracy

Demanding Democracy

Reform and Reaction in Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1870s-1950s

by Deborah J. Yashar

319 pages· 1997· ISBN 9780804727907
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Analyzing the two very different cases of Costa Rica and Guatemala, this book examines the origins of democracy and authoritarianism by confronting the questions What are the conditions under which actors found democracy? What are the conditions conducive to its endurance?

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