Conflict and violence in Latin American politics; [electronic resource] a book of readings, edited by Francisco José Moreno and Barbara Mitrani.

Includes bibliographical references.

Spanish heritage / Eliseo Vivas -- Power seekers / Eric Wolf -- Caudillismo: an interpretation of its origins in Chile / Francisco Jose Moreno -- Coup d'etat: modern techniques and countermeasures -- Sons of la malinche / Octavio Paz -- Psychoanalysis of the Mexican / Samuel Ramos -- Mexican machismo: politics and value orientations / Evelyn P. Stevens -- Need aggression in Columbia / Everett Elinar Hagen -- Case study of student political violence: Brazil, 1964, and Dominican Republic, 1965 / Bryant Wedge.

Some psychocultural factors in the politics of conflict and conciliation: setting up the problem / Kalman H. Silvert -- Understanding Latin America / Jorge Tallet -- Conquest of power: nature of the party struggle / Vernon Lee Fluharty -- Violence as a power factor in Latin American politics / William S. Stokes -- Toward a theory of power and political instability in Latin America / Merle King -- Toward a theory of Latin American politics / Charles W. Anderson -- Violence and politics in Latin America / Merle King.

Violence and moral atony / Fernando Guillen-Martinez -- Cuba: a case study of a successful attempt to seize political power by the applications of unconventional warfare / Merle King -- Traditions of conflict in Latin America / Richard W. Weatherhead -- Causal factors in Latin American political instability / Kenneth F. Johnson -- Violence in pre-modern societies: rural Colombia / Richard C. Weinert -- Toward a theory of political violence: the case of rural Columbia / Robert C. Williamson.

Aggressive behaviors within polities, 1948-1962: a cross-national study / Ivo K. Feierabend and Rosalind L. Feierabend -- Psychological factors in civil violence / Ted Robert Gurr -- Contriving of reform / Albert O. Hirschman -- Some patterns in the history of violence / Frank H. Denton and Warren Phillips -- Liberalization of the Spanish dictatorship / Francisco Jose Moreno.