Howard J. Wiarda is Dean Rusk Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, Athens, and is affiliated with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is the author or editor of more than 50 books, including Comparative Democracy and Democratization and The Soul of Latin America: The Political Theory and Political Tradition of Latin America.

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