Re-Imagining Democracy In Latin America And The Caribbean, 1780-1870

This book explores the ways in which people in Latin America and the Caribbean joined with others in Europe and the United States to re-imagine the ancient term democracy", so as to give it relevance and power in the modern world. In all these regions, that process largely followed the French Revolution; in Latin America it more especially followed independence movements of the 1810s and 20s. The book looks at how a variety of political actors and commentators used the term to characterize or argue about modern conditions through the ensuing half-century; by 1870, it was firmly established in mainstream political lexicons throughout the region. Following introductory scene-setting and overview chapters, specialists contribute wide-ranging accounts of aspects of the context in which the word was "re-imagined"; six final chapters explore differences in its fortune from place to place"--

• | Author: Eduardo Posada-Carbo, Joanna Innes, Mark Philp
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 19, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 448 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0197631576
• | ISBN-13: 9780197631577