Understanding Central America : global forces, rebellion, and change / John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, Thomas W. Walker.

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Crisis and transformation -- Global forces and system change in Central America. Poverty and its causes ; Regime change in Central America ; Discussion -- The common history. Conquest to 1838 ; 1838 to the present -- Costa Rica. Historical background ; Weathering global forces ; The economic development model transformed ; Changes in politics and parties ; Contemporary Costa Rican politics ; Conclusions -- Nicaragua. Historical background ; Global forces and insurrection ; The revolution ; Replacing the revolution ; Contemporary Nicaraguan politics ; Conclusions -- El Salvador. Historical background ; Global forces and insurrection ; Government and politics since the peace accord ; Conclusions -- Guatemala. Historical background ; Global forces and conflict ; The civilian transitional regime and the civil war ; The peace accords and contemporary Guatemalan politics ; Conclusions -- Honduras. Historical background ; Weathering global forces ; Contemporary Honduran politics ; Conclusions -- Political participation, political attitudes, and democracy. Citizen participation ; Citizen attitudes ; Factors shaping attitudes and participation ; Conclusions -- Power, democracy, and US policy in Central America. The problem of power ; Democracy ; Mobilization ; The roots of US policy in Central America ; Communism in Central America ; Demobilization in Central America ; US policy in the post-Cold War period ; Conclusions -- Reflections and projections. Reflections: repression, mobilization, and democratic transition ; Projections: prospects for democratic consolidation ; Conclusions.