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Originally published in 1976 under the title Modernization, Exploitation and Dependency in Latin America, and again in 1988 under the current title, the author describes, examines and introduces the life and work of three of the most important figures in the development of comparative politics and political sociology: Gino Germani (Argentina), Pablo Gonzales Casanova (Mexico) and Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil). At the time of its first publication, the book introduced those three Latin American sociologists to the North American social and political science community. However, as Peter Evans points out in his introduction, the book had not lost its importance in the intervening years. Rather, the subsequent developments in comparative scholarship have only highlighted the influence of the three Latin Americans. The developments in comparative and political social science can virtually only be understood in the light of the influence that the thought of Germani, Gonzales Casanova and Cardoso had on the discussions in North America.

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Original Review of Three Latin American Sociologists: ‘Kahl’s volume has lost none of its relevance…’ William C. Smith, Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Volume 30, Issue 1 (1988).

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Joseph A. Kahl (1923-2010) was Professor of Sociology at Cornell University from 1969 to 1983.

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