The Economics of Violence in Latin America: A Theory of Political Competition

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This study uses modern political economic theory (public choice theory, public goods theory, and game theory) to create a theoretical framework for comparative political analysis. This framework, which includes the non-industrial world, treats both violence and democratic processes as normal methods of political competition. Deductive in nature, the theory redefines political variables according to their economic counterparts. Chaffee applies microeconomic theory to generate hypotheses and conclusions, using examples from Latin America to illustrate the efficacy of the framework.

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WILBER ALBERT CHAFFEE, JR., is Professor and Chair in the Department of Government at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California. He co-edited, with G. Prevost, Cuba: A Different America, second edition (1992). He coedited, with Stanley R. Ross, Guide to the Hispanic American Historical Review, 1957-1975 (1980).