Northeastern Political Science Association Understanding Latin American Politics: Analytic Models & Intellectual Traditions Author(s): John D. Martz and David J. Myers Source: Polity, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Winter, 1983), pp. 214-241 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3234605 . Accessed: 19/08/2011 13:13 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Palgrave Macmillan Journals and Northeastern Political Science Association are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Polity. http://www.jstor.org UnderstandingLatin AmericanPolitics: Analytic Models& Intellectual Traditions JohnD. Martz& David J. Myers The PennsylvaniaState University Corporatism, liberal developmentalism, and dependencia are the major approaches to the study of Latin American politics one is likely to encounter in recent and current scholarship. The proponents of each urge its adoption to the exclusion of others. Professors Martz and Myers argue that this inclination produces generalizations that not only misrepresent the reality of Latin American politics but also fail to convey the rich diversity of its intellectual tradition in which monism, liberal pluralism, and Marxism have long coexisted, even mingled. John D. Martz is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University.