Comparing East Asia and Latin America: Stirrings of Mutual Recognition

Issue Date October 2000
Volume 11
Issue 4
Page Numbers 65-79
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Global trends toward economic and political liberalization are presenting East Asian and Latin American democracies with increasingly convergent international opportunities and constraints.

About the Author

Laurence Whitehead is senior research fellow in politics at Nuffield College, Oxford University. His books include Latin America: A New Interpretation (2006).

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