Pre-Owned The Pan-american Dream: Do Latin America's Cultural Values Discourage True Partnership With The United States And Canada? (Paperback) 0813334705 9780813334707

Central to the contrasts between Latin America and the United States and Canada are the fundamental differences between the Ibero-Catholic and Anglo-Protestant cultures, reflected in contrasting views of work, education, merit, community, ethics, and authority, among others.As Lawrence Harrison argues in this book, a Pan-American community depends on shared values and institutions, as the community now embracing the United States and Canada demonstrates. Experiments with democracy and the free market in Latin America will help strengthen the values that lie behind the success of the United States and Canada, Western Europe, and East Asia. But if Latin America's political and intellectual leaders do not confront the traditional values and attitudes largely responsible for the region's underdevelopment--with sweeping reforms in education and child-rearing practices, for example--realization of the Pan-American dream will be painfully slow and uncertain. Contributor: Lawrence E. Harrison