Author: Yashar, Deborah J.
Title: Demanding Democracy: Reform & Reaction in Costa Rica & Guatemala, 1870s-1950s
Description: Stanford, Stanford University Press, (1997). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xxiii,319 pp. Textual maps & tables.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: The Liberal Authoritarian Period, 1870s-1940s: Between Building States & Agricultural Export Markets; The Democratic & Social Reform Period, 1940s-1950s: Demanding Democracy; Addressing the Social Question; Organizing Labor; From Reform to Reaction: Democracy versus Authoritarianism: From Opposition to Regime-Founding Coalitions; Enduring Regimes.

Keywords: Comparative Politics, Latin America, Central American, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Political History, Democracy, Authoritarianism,