Description
Lentner analyzes four basic components within the formation of states: the capacity to manipulate, security and freedom of action, economic development strategy, and citizenship and political participation. He makes a speciality of five Central American countries–Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. His conceptual guidelines apply to the around the world strivings these days for autonomy, unity, economic development, and democracy. His extensive research into original and little-known secondary sources from the independence of these states to the current both in the USA and Central The usa make this an unusually wealthy text for graduate students and scholars coping with Latin American studies, Inter-American affairs, and U.S. foreign policy.