Acknowledgments -- Introduction 1 -- Pt. I Latin America between Two Eras -- 1 Analytical Orientations and the Latin American Problematique 9 -- 2 Social Change and the Reconstruction of Politics 23 -- 3 Democracy and Democratization: Concepts and Processes 32 -- 4 The Transformation of the State and Social Policies 53 -- 5 Social Policies and Equality 59 -- 6 Political Parties and the Crisis of Representation 69 -- 7 Civil Society, Social Movements, and Democratization 79 -- 8 Changes in Latin American Political Culture 89 Pt. II Crisis and Democratic Recovery in Chile -- 9 Democratic Crisis and Military Coup: Thirty Years Later 99 -- 10 Political Opposition and the Struggle for Democracy under the Military Regime 117 -- 11 Evaluation of and Prospects for Chilean Political Democratization 141 -- Epilogue: What Future for Politics in Chile and Latin America? 178 -- Notes 195 -- Index 209