RICHARD S. HILLMAN is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at St. John Fisher College in New York. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Central University of Venezuela, a lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, and a Latin American Teaching Fellow of the Fletcher School, Tufts University, assigned to the Getuilio Vargas Foundation in Brazil.THOMAS J. D'AGOSTINO is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Siena College in New York.

• Foreword by Howard J. Wiarda Preface Introduction A Comparative Approach History and Political Culture Legacies of the Past rocioeconomic and Political Patterns Political Institutions and Processes Governmental Structures and Administration Political Parties and Elections Political Influences and Outcomes Political Forces and Interest Groups Public Policies Comparative Perspectives Bibliography Index

RICHARD S. HILLMAN is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at St. John Fisher College in New York. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Central University of Venezuela, a lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State, and a Latin American Teaching Fellow of the Fletcher School, Tufts University, assigned to the Getuilio Vargas Foundation in Brazil.THOMAS J. D'AGOSTINO is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Siena College in New York.

• Foreword by Howard J. Wiarda Preface Introduction A Comparative Approach History and Political Culture Legacies of the Past rocioeconomic and Political Patterns Political Institutions and Processes Governmental Structures and Administration Political Parties and Elections Political Influences and Outcomes Political Forces and Interest Groups Public Policies Comparative Perspectives Bibliography Index