Title
The Catholic Church and Political Mediation in the Dominican Republic: A Comparative Perspective
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Department 1
Sociology
Abstract
This essay looks at the Catholic Church and political mediation in the Dominican Republic during the 1980's and 1990's. It opens with a review of the Latin American context regarding the transition to democracy, the debt crisis, and the church's response to the new political reality. It draws some comparisons from Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala, where the church played an important role mediating political conflicts. The core of the article concentrates on three parts: the Dominican transition to democracy, the church mediation in the Tripartite Dialogue of the 1980's and early 1990's, and in the general elections of 1986 and 1994.
Copyright Note
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Recommended Citation
The Catholic Church and Political Mediation in the Dominican Republic: A Comparative Perspective” in Journal of Church and State, vol. 46, Spring, 2004, pp.341-364.