Download or read book Paths to Democracy and the Political Culture of Costa Rica, Mexico, and Nicaragua written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparing survey data from Mexico, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua on 2 key dimensions of democratic culture - support for extensive political participation and support for civil liberties and rights of dissent, some surprising results are found. The authors break new ground in showing how "short-term utilitarian considerations of power rather than long-term historical and cultural factors may determine levels of commitment to civil liberties"