"In 1940 there were virtually no Mexican American elected officials in Texas at any level of government. By the turn of the century that was no longer true. In

Why have dominant parties persisted in power for decades in countries spread across the globe? Why did most eventually lose? Why Dominant Parties Lose develops

Lowden, and Patricia Ramirez.--Thomas J. Bossert "British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal, and Spain"

The late twentieth century witnessed the birth of an impressive number of new democracies in Latin America. This wave of democratization since 1978 has been by