Re-imagining democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1780-1870

• Titel: Re-imagining democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1780-1870
• Mitwirkende: Innes, Joanna [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Posada Carbó, Eduardo [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Philp, Mark [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Eduardo Posada-Carbó,Joanna Innes and Mark Philp
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: 420 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-19-763157-7
• ISBN: 978-0-19-763160-7
• Schlagwörter: (g)Lateinamerika / (s)Demokratie / (z)Geschichte 1780-1870
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Re-imagining democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1780-1870. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2023
• RVK-Notation: NP 6100
• K10plus-PPN: 1847512062

Abstract

"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"--