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ISBN10: 0313274185, ISBN13: 9780313274183, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. This new reference surveys political parties of importance in the Americas since 1980, with the exclusion of the United States. This one-volume work is part of The Greenwood Historical Encyclopaedia of the World's Political Parties and has been fashioned both to update Robert J. Alexander's two-volume set published in 1982, "Political Parties of the Americas" and to serve as an analysis of political development and political parties in the Western Hemisphere during the last decade. This volume edited by Charles D. Ameringer, is intended for college, university, institutional and public libraries. Following a brief introduction giving some general historical background, chapters on 49 countries in North and South America and in the Caribbean are arranged alphabetically. These chapters aim to provide some historical information, short bibliographies, and then describe political parties and current developments of note. Parties are arranged alphabetically by their English names of translations. Internal cross-references and a full index are intended to make the volume accessible to researchers in different fields. A chronology points to dates of importance. This major new reference surveys political parties of importance in the Americas since 1980, with the exclusion of the United States. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US ...