Political Science 173 : Contemporary Latin American Politics

A clear and lively introduction to the terminology of political science for students and general readers. The book comprises rigorous definitions and explanations of key terms, including short biographies of the most eminent writers in the discipline ..

A basic underlying principle of the book is the idea that literature and culture do not exist in a vacuum, but very much grow and operate in a specific socio-political environment. Hence, the book will also explore Latin American politics and society, as well as issues such as race, gender and sexuality.

Terms covering world politics, international relations, local and national government and the European Union.

This work assumes that politics cannot be studied without theory. All our statements about parties, movements, states and relationships between them presuppose theoretical views, so that political theory is an integral part of the study of politics.

This encyclopedia has been written, structured and organized explicitly as a ‘First place’ to start one’s search or research into the different issues, topics and debates in international environmental politics.

Includes entries in A-Z order, critically reviewing the literature on specific topics from abortion to world systems theory. In addition, nine major entries cover each of the major disciplines (political economy; management and business; human geography;