Latin America: Beyond “Democratic Consolidation”

Issue Date April 1999
Volume 10
Issue 2
Page Numbers 138-51
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About the Author

David G. Becker teaches Latin American politics and international relations at Dartmouth College and chairs a judicial reform sub-committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He is the coeditor of, and also a contributor to, Postimperialism and World Politics (1999).

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