Authoritarianism and the Return of Democracy in Latin America
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 208
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 201
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Collier
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780691021942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile one of the most important attempts to explain the rise of authoritarian regimes and their relationship to problems of economic development has been the "bureaucratic-authoritarian model," there has been growing dissatisfaction with various elements of this model. In light of this dissatisfaction, a group of leading economists, political scientists, and sociologists was brought together to assess the adequacy; of the model and suggest directions for its reformulation. This volume is the product of their discussions over a period of three years and represents an important advance in the critique and refinement of ideas about political development. Part One provides an overview of the issues of social science analysis raised by the recent emergence of authoritarianism in Latin America and contains chapters by David Collier and Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The chapters in Part Two address the problem of explaining the rise of bureaucratic authoritarianism and are written by Albert Hirschman, Jose Serra, Robert Kaufman, and Julio Coder. In Part Three Guillermo O'Donnell, James Kurth, and David Collier discuss the likely future patterns of change in bureaucratic authoritarianism, opportunities for extending the analysis to Europe, and priorities for future research. The book includes a glossary and an extensive bibliography.
Author: Frances Hagopian
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-06-06
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9781139445603
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe late twentieth century witnessed the birth of an impressive number of new democracies in Latin America. This wave of democratization since 1978 has been by far the broadest and most durable in the history of Latin America, but many of the resulting democratic regimes also suffer from profound deficiencies. What caused democratic regimes to emerge and survive? What are their main achievements and shortcomings? This volume offers an ambitious and comprehensive overview of the unprecedented advances as well as the setbacks in the post-1978 wave of democratization. It seeks to explain the sea change from a region dominated by authoritarian regimes to one in which openly authoritarian regimes are the rare exception, and it analyzes why some countries have achieved striking gains in democratization while others have experienced erosions. The book presents general theoretical arguments about what causes and sustains democracy and analyses of nine compelling country cases.
Author: Guillermo O’Donnell
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2013-07-16
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1421410206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn array of internationally noted scholars examines the process of democratization in southern Europe and Latin America. They provide new interpretations of both current and historical efforts of nations to end periods of authoritarian rule and to initiate transition to democracy, efforts that have met with widely varying degrees of success and failure. Extensive case studies of individual countries, a comparative overview, and a synthesis conclusions offer important insights for political scientists, students, and all concerned with the prospects for democracy. Political democracy is not the only possible outcome of transitions from authoritarianism. The authors draw out the implications of democracy as a goal and of the uncertainty inherent in transitional situations. Democratization is perhaps the central issue in Latin American politics today. Case studies focus on Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Author: Katherine Hite
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 368
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmong the challenges for democracies in Latin America and Southern Europe are weakened political parties, politicized militaries, compromised judiciaries, corrupt police forces and widespread citizen distrust. These essays offer an examination of the political structures and institutions bequeathed by authoritarian regimes.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul H. Lewis
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780742537392
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thoughtful text describes how Latin America's authoritarian culture has been and continues to be reflected in a variety of governments, from the near-anarchy of the early regional bosses (caudillos), to all-powerful personalistic dictators or oligarchic machines, to contemporary mass-movement regimes like Castro's Cuba or Peron's Argentina. Taking a student-friendly chronological approach, Paul Lewis also analyzes how the internal dynamics of each historical phase of the region's development led to the next. He describes how dominant ideologies of the period were used to shape, and justify, each regime's power structure. Balanced yet cautious about the future of democracy in the region, this accessible book will be invaluable for courses on contemporary Latin America.
Author: Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780742530324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUltimately it is only with a renewed approach to U.S. policy - one that includes respectfully engaging with the myriad histories and cultures of the region - that we can hope to encourage strong and effective democratic traditions."--Jacket.