Welcome!
This is the companion website for Comparative Politics of Latin America: Democracy at Last? 2e by Daniel C. Hellinger.
On this website, students will find the tools they need to further explore the geography and politics of Latin America. Instructors will find a wealth of additional resources to help them with the presentation of the materials covered in the text and student assessment. In addition, thanks to our partnership with Europa World, we are also able to offer country profiles and maps along with an essay on environmental issues in Latin America and the Rio+20 conference.
Resources on this website include:
For students:
- Discussion Questions
- Resources for Further Study
- Weblinks
- RSS feed
For instructors:
- Suggested mid-term and final exam questions
- PowerPoints lecture slides
- Image gallery
- Conversion Guide
- Suggestions for paper topics
- Suggestions for research topics
- Class activities
Europa content:
- 22 Country profiles
- 22 Maps
- Latin American Environment Essay
Instructors can access specially written support materials with the login details that we have sent to you.
If you do not have login details yet, please complete the request form. We will verify your request and issue you with a username and password.
Europa World Online Subscriptions
Access more with Europa
In this second edition, Routledge have partnered with Europa to provide a host of additional resources that will support students in their understanding of this vast region. On this tab, you will find PDF country profiles and maps for 22 Latin American countries, each including an overview, along with governmental and constitutional information, and a section on recent political developments. There is also an essay on Latin America and the Environment, which is only one of several essays written by Latin America scholars that Europa hosts on their Europa World Plus site.
Europa World Online Subscriptions
With a Europa subscription, your students can access further resources through your institution's library. Ask your librarian about your institution's subscription, or contact europa@routledge.com to request a free trial.
Europa World contains extensive historical and economic country information, to increase understanding of the region, and build a solid foundation to support the topics covered in the text (view sample country coverage for Argentina here).
Europa World Plus has all this and more - premium content which helps to put issues into a wider context includes regional background essays, and essays for each country on its history, economy and geography, all of which have been commissioned from academics and specialists.