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5.0 out of 5 stars
A great collection highly popular with students, May 27, 2009
This review is from: Real World Latin America: A Contemporary Economics and Social Policy Reader (Paperback)
This book is highly recommended, and tested in combat: For a class on Latin American politics I assigned it next to a more traditional textbook and other readings, with several reasons in mind. I wanted to introduce students to the amazing variety of current issues in Latin American politics, which this reader certainly does; I wanted to us the book as a tool for the students to find inspiration for a final research paper, which according to student feedback also worked very well; and I wanted to move a bit beyond the traditional political science literature, toward what are indeed the "real world" issues of the region today, which is something I find the book does admirably. It is highly recommended as a supplemental text for courses in politics, and will likely serve as a great instructional tool far beyond this discipline as well.
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