Political Culture and Foreign Policy in Latin America

At Tulane University's Department of Political Science Roland H. Ebel is Associate Professor, Raymond Taras is Associate Professor, and James D. Cochrane is Professor.

• Tables and Figures Preface 1. Political Culture and the Making of Foreign Policy 2. Latin American Political Culture 3. Cultural Style and International Relations in Latin America 4. Political Culture and Foreign Policy in the Circum-Caribbean: The Democratic Cultures of Costa Rica and Venezuela 5. Alternating Monistic Systems and Foreign Policy: Colombia and Guatemala 6. Political Culture and Foreign Policy in Monistic Regimes: The Cases of Cuba and Nicaragua 7. Conclusions Appendix Index

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