The Friendly Liquidation of the Past
The Politics of Diversity in Latin America
Donna Lee Van Cott
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000
Based on interviews with more than 100 participants, Van Cott demonstrates how social issues were placed on the constitutional reform agenda and transformed into the nation’s highest law. She follows each reform for five years to assess early results of what she calls an emerging model of multicultural constitutionalism.
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