The legacies of liberalism: path dependence and political regimes in Central America. James Mahoney

The legacies of liberalism: path dependence and political regimes in Central America



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Publisher: JHU Press
Language: English
Page: 417
ISBN: 0801865522, 9780801865527

Review

Few scholars are bold enough to try to explain 150 years of political development in five different countries, and even fewer succeed at such an ambitious undertaking. James Mahoney admirably pulls off such a feat in his masterful study of post independence political evolution in Central America... His work is to be commended not only as a seminal study of Central American politics, but also as a major contribution to scholarly understanding of critical junctures and path-dependent political development.

(Kenneth M. Roberts Perspectives on Politics 2003)

A clearly written and insightful monograph, sociologists interested in comparative history will find this a rewarding read... Legacies of Liberalism makes an important contribution to the literature on national development, Latin American political economy, and comparative historical theory.

(William Canak Social Forces 2004)

[Mahoney's] comparative historical analysis of political development in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua makes a number of significant contributions. His systematic cross-case comparison is impressive in its breadth.

(Juliet Hooker Governance 2004)

A provocative work of historical sociology... Mahoney's book is built around a bold thesis about nineteenth-century economic liberalism as the region's 'critical [historical] juncture.'

(Paul Gootenberg Latin American Research Review )

Mahoney presents a bold and multilayered argument that links developments across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, supported through a systematic comparative analysis of all five Central American countries. The Legacies of Liberalism is the most important book on Central America written in the last ten years, an ambitious and important work that will have a significant impact on debates in a number of fields.

(Gerardo Munck, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, author of Authoritarianism and Democratization: Soldiers and Workers in Argentina, 1976—1983 )

About the Author

James Mahoney is an assistant professor of sociology at Brown University.



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