Politics of Costa Rica

Government System, Political Institutions, and Policy Fields

AvDennis P. Petri,José Rojas Alvarado

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the Costa Rican political system. It covers political history, the government system and its elements (political regime, electoral system, party system), political institutions (four branches: executive, legislative, judiciary and electoral) and includes an in-depth analyses of a selection of policy fields: economic development policy, health policy, education policy, security policy, environmental policy, and religious policy.This textbook is intended for upper undergraduate and graduate courses in the Costa Rican political system and includes lecture slides and discussion questions for instructors.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-01-03
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:528 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations
Antal sidor:223
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783032055958

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Denis Petri is a political scientist, international consultant and researcher. He is Professor at the Latin American University of Science and Technology (Costa Rica), the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (UNESCO) and the Interamerican Center for Social Security Studies and a Lecturer at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands). He is the International Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom; Founder and scholar-at-large of the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America; and Executive Director of the Foundation Platform for Social Transformation. He has a PhD in Political Philosophy from VU University Amsterdam as well as a Master in Political Science and a Research Master in Comparative Politics, specializing in Latin America, from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po). He has published on freedom of religion, religion and politics, social dialogue, parliamentary reform and democracy assistance. He has testified in the parliaments of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Innehållsförteckning

.- History of the Political System of Costa Rica..- Features of the Political System..- Branches of government..- Beyond Representative Democracy..- Policy Fields..- Epilogue: The Resilience of Costa Rican Democracy.