Preface -- Introduction: A Perspective and Framework -- Is Latin America Democratic and Does It Want To Be? The Crisis and Quest of Democracy in the Hemisphere -- Long-Range Perspectives on the Quest for Democracy in Latin America -- Critical Elections and Critical Coups: The Processes of Sociopolitical Realignment in Latin American Development -- Latin American Populism: Some Notes on Periodization -- Group Politics and Democratic Pluralism in Latin America: Prospects and Weaknesses -- Peasant and Worker Sindicatos and Democracy in Latin America -- Women, Population Policy, and Democracy in Latin America -- Political Parties, Opposition Politics, and Democracy in Latin America -- Democracy and Elites in Latin America -- Has Democracy Failed? -- Democratic Political Development and the Alliance for Progress -- Development Strategies and the Decline of the Democratic Left in Latin America -- Leadership and the Failure of Democracy -- Is Democracy Still Viable? -- Ideological Dependency and the Origins of Socialism in the Caribbean -- The Struggle for Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America: Toward a New Conceptualization -- Democracy and the Bureaucratic State in Latin America -- Conclusion: The Continuing Struggle for Democracy in Latin America -- Latin American Democracy: The Historic Model and the New Openings.