Struggle for Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic

by Jonathan Hartlyn

Book Overview

Over the past several decades, the Dominican Republic has
experienced striking political stagnation in spite of dramatic
socioeconomic transformations. In this work, Jonathan Hartlyn
offers a new explanation for the country's political evolution,
based on a broad comparative perspective.
Hartlyn rejects cultural explanations unduly focused on
legacies from the Spanish colonial era and structural
explanations excessively centered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807847070
• ISBN13: 9780807847077
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"