1. An introduction to twenty-first century Latin America
2. Early history
3. Democracy, dictators, and Tío Sam: a historical overview from independence to the present day
4. The other Americans
5. Society, family, and gender
6. Religion in Latin America
7. The political economy of Latin America
8. Democracy and authoritarianism: Latin American political culture
9. Politics, power, institutions, and actors
10. Struggling for change: revolution, social and political movements in Latin America
11. Guatemala / Susanne Jonas
12. Mexico / Nora Hamilton
13. Cuba / Gary Prevost
14. Brazil / Wilber Albert Chaffee
15. Argentina / Aldo C. Vacs
16. Chile / Eduardo Silva
17. Venezuela / Daniel Hellinger
18. Colombia / John C. Dugas
19. Nicaragua / Gary Prevost and Harry E. Vanden
20. Bolivia / Waltraud Q. Morales
Appendix 1: Presidential elections
Appendix 2: Recent Legislative elections.
Politics of Latin America : the power game by Harry E. Vanden. ISBN 9780195339987. Published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.