Journal of Latin American Studies articles from February 2001

Journal of Latin American Studies archives from February 2001

Decentralisation, Democratisation and Liberalisation: The History of Revenue Sharing in Argentina, 1934-1999 [*].(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Abstract. This article critically evaluates hypotheses that attribute decentralisation in Latin America to democratisation and economic liberalisation. It examines these hypotheses in historical perspective by looking at the experience over...

An 'Organised Disorganisation': Informal Organisation and the Persistence of Local Party Structures in Argentine Peronism [*].
February 1, 2001... Abstract. This article attempts to fill the void in research on the Justicialista Party (PJ) organisation. Challenging accounts of the contemporary PJ as a weak, personalistic organisation, it argues that the party maintains a powerful...

Understanding Presidential Power in Argentina: a Study of the Policy of Privatisation in the 1990S.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Abstract. This article focuses on the political and institutional process by which the privatisation policy was approved in Argentina during the 1990S. It concentrates mainly on the relationships that the President maintained with Congress...

Structural Reform and Industrial Promotion in Argentina.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Abstract. This article is a case study that shows the difficulty and complexity of structural adjustment by examining in great detail the reform of a single programme, the promotion of industrial investment in the less developed regions of...

The Nature of the New Argentine Democracy. The Delegative Democracy Argument Revisited [*].
February 1, 2001... Abstract. O'Donnell's diagnosis regarding the delegative nature of the new Latin American democracies has won wide acceptance in current debates on institutional consolidation. Through the analysis of the Argentine case this commentary...

Judicial Institutions in Nineteenth-Century Latin America.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Eduardo Zimmermann (ed.), Judicial Institutions in Nineteenth-Century Latin America (London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, 1999), pp. Vii + 123, [pound]12.00 pb. Lack of judicial autonomy and professionalism...

Republic of capital: Buenos Aires and the Legal Transformation of the Atlantic World.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Jeremy Adelman, Republic of capital: Buenos Aires and the Legal Transformation of the Atlantic World (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999), pp. X+376, [pound]35.00 hb; $55.00 hb. This ambitious work considers an often overlooked...

Argentinien im Schatten des Zweiten Weltkriegs: Probleme der Wirtschaftspolitik und der Ubergang zur Ara Peron.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Gisela Cramer, Argentinien im Schatten des Zweiten Weltkriegs: Probleme der Wirtschaftspolitik und der Ubergang zur Ara Peron (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1999), pp. X+395, DM 128 pb. Scholarly works on Argentina during the Second...

Peronism without Peron: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in Argentina.(Review)
February 1, 2001... James W. McGuire, Peronism without Peron: Unions, Parties, and Democracy in Argentina (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997), pp. xvii+ 388, [pound]37.50 hb. Peronism Without Peron makes an important contribution to our...

Power, Patronage, and Political Violence: State Building on a Brazilian Frontier, 1822-1889.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Judy Bieber, Power, Patronage, and Political Violence: State Building on a Brazilian Frontier, 1822-1889 (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2000). pp. ix + 253, [pound]30.00 hb. Patronage is experiencing something of a...

Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s to 1990s.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Hendrik Kraay (ed.), Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s to 1990s (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1998), pp. xiv + 208, $61.95, $22.95 pb. Combining history and anthropology, this book offers six focused vignettes of...

Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Michael Hanchard (ed.), Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1999), pp. 225, [pound]34.00, [pound]11.95 pb. Rebecca Reichmann (ed.), Race in Contemporary Brazil: From Indifference to...

A Concise History of Mexico.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Brian Hamnett, A Concise History of Mexico (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp. xv + 336, [pound]35.00, [poubd]11.95 pb; $49.95, $17.95 pb. Intended both as a university and college textbook and as a broad introduction for...

Propriety and Permissiveness in Bourbon Mexico.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Juan Pedro Viqueira Alban, Propriety and Permissiveness in Bourbon Mexico (Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1999), pp. xxii + 280, $55.00, $19.95 pb. The effects of the policies of Spain's enlightened Bourbon monarchs on their New World...

Popular Movements and State Formation in Revolutionary Mexico: The 'Agraristas' and 'Cristeros' of Michoacan.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Jennie Purnell, Popular Movements and State Formation in Revolutionary Mexico: The 'Agraristas' and 'Cristeros' of Michoacan (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 1999), pp. x+27I, [pound]34.00, [pound]11.95 pb. With an...

The Chiapas Rebellion: The Struggle for Land and Democracy.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Neil Harvey, The Chiapas Rebellion: The Struggle for Land and Democracy (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 1998), pp. xviii + 292, [pound]34.00, [pound]11.95 pb. The Chiapas Rebellion persuasively shows that the Zapatista...

Border Crossing: Mexican and Mexican-American Workers.(Review)
February 1, 2001... John Mason hart (ed.), Border Crossing: Mexican and Mexican-American Workers (Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1998), pp. xii+246, $15.00, $18.95 pb. This edited volume examines the diverse experiences of Mexican and Mexican-American workers...

Jose del Pozo.(Review)
February 1, 2001... This is a first-rate piece of economic history. Not only does it fulfil its primary object of detailing the development of the Chilean wine industry, but it is also a significant contribution to the broader economic history of Chile and to...

Ada Ferrer, Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Ada Ferrer, Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898 (Chapel Hill, NC, and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1999), pp. xi + 273, $43.95, $15.50 pb. Josep Conangla i Fontanilles, Memorias de mi juventud en Cuba:...

Insurrection and Revolution: Armed Struggle in Cuba, 1952-1959.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Gladys Marel Garcia-Perez, Insurrection and Revolution: Armed Struggle in Cuba, 1952-1959 (Boulder, CO, and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998), pp. xiii + 138, [pound]31.95 hb. Cuban historiography of the insurrectionary period of...

From Two Republics to One Divided: Contradictions of Postcolonial Nationmaking in Andean Peru.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Mark Thurner, From Two Republics to One Divided: Contradictions of Postcolonial Nationmaking in Andean Peru (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 1997), pp. xiii + 203, [pound]47.50, [pound]15.95 pb. From Two Republics to One...

Smoldering Ashes: Cuzco and the Creation of Republican Peru, 1780--1840.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Charles F. Walker, Smoldering Ashes: Cuzco and the Creation of Republican Peru, 1780--1840 (Durham, NC, and London: Duke University Press, 1999), pp. xiii + 330, [pound]34.00, [pound]11.95 pb. Charles F. Walker's book is the result of...

Selva Central: History, Economy, and Land Use in Peruvian Amazonia.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Fernando Santos-Granero and Frederica Barclay, Selva Central: History, Economy, and Land Use in Peruvian Amazonia (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998), pp. Viii + 349, [pound]27.25 hb; $35.00 hb. Since the 1970S Peruvian...

The Shining Path: A History of the Millenarian War in Peru.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Gustavo Gorriti, The Shining Path: A History of the Millenarian War in Peru (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1999), pp. xvii + 290, $60.00, $24.95 pb. John M. Bennett, Sendero Luminoso in Context: An Annotated...

Security cooperation in the Western Hemisphere: Resolving the Ecuador--Peru conflict.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Gabriel Marcella and Richard Downes (eds.), Security cooperation in the Western Hemisphere: Resolving the Ecuador--Peru conflict (Boulder, CO, and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. ix + 256, [pound]35-95 hb. Small wars involving...

Agrarian Reform in Theory and Practice: A Study of the Lake Titicaca Region of Bolivia.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Jane Benton, Agrarian Reform in Theory and Practice: A Study of the Lake Titicaca Region of Bolivia (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999), pp. x + 207, [pound]39.95 hb. In a time when redistributive land reform conjures images of a distant...

Colombia: The Politics of Reforming the State.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Eduardo Posada-Carbo (ed.), Colombia: The Politics of Reforming the State (Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, in association with the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, 1997), pp. xxiv + 286, [pound]45.00 hb. This...

Our Own Backyard: The United States in Central America, 1977-1992.(Review)
February 1, 2001... William M. LeoGrande, Our Own Backyard: The United States in Central America, 1977-1992 (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1998). pp. xvi + 773, [pound]29.95 hb. In describing US-Central American relations,...

The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Gary Prevost and Harry E. Vanden (eds.), The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution (Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1999), pp. xiv+226, [pound]17.99 pb. The aftermath of Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution has inspired a great deal of...

Guatemala after the Peace Accords.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Rachel Sieder (ed.), Guatemala after the Peace Accords (London: University of London, Institute of Latin American Studies, 1998), pp. viii + 269, [pound]12.00 pb; $19.95 pb. To the outside observer, perhaps no other country in Latin...

The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Luis Roniger and Mario Sznajder, The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), pp. xvi + 367, [pound]48.00 hb. We have come to appreciate all too well that it is narrow-minded to...

Regionalism among Developing countries.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Sheila Page, Regionalisn among Developing countries (Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1999), pp. xii+ 322, [pound]55.00 hb. One of the puzzles of globalisation in the last 15 years is that it has been accompanied by the spread of...

Chile: Crecimiento, empleo y el desafio de la justicia social.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Chile: Crecimiento, empleo y el desafio de la justicia social (Santiago: Naciones Unidas en Chile coordinato por la Oficina Internacional del Trabajo, 1998), pp. 388, pb. $20. Reestructuracion, integracion y mercado laboral; Crecimiento y...

The Street is My Home: Youth and Violence in Caracas.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Patricia C. Marquez, The Street is My Home: Youth and Violence in Caracas (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999), pp. ix + 276, [pound]30.00 hb;) $45.00 hb. Latin America's street children have for some years been an object of...

Education and Multiculturalism: Dilemmas of Citizenship in a Global World.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Carlos Alberto Torres, Democracy, Education and Multiculturalism: Dilemmas of Citizenship in a Global World (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998), pp. viii+ 301, $60.00, $18.95 pb. In this well-written and well-argued...

Latinos Unidos: From Cultural Diversity to the Politics of Solidarity.(Review)
February 1, 2001... Enrique (Henry) T. Trueba, Latinos Unidos: From Cultural Diversity to the Politics of Solidarity (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 1999) pp. ix + '73, [pound]13.95 pb. Its title would give the impression that this book is...