Authoritarian Regimes In Latin America

Author : Paul H. Lewis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0742537390

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Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America by Paul H. Lewis Pdf

This 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 : David Collier,Fernando Henrique Cardoso,Joint Committee on Latin American Studies
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691021942

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The New Authoritarianism in Latin America by David Collier,Fernando Henrique Cardoso,Joint Committee on Latin American Studies Pdf

While 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 : Scott Mainwaring,Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107433632

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Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America by Scott Mainwaring,Aníbal Pérez-Liñán Pdf

This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive or break down. It then analyzes the emergence, survival and fall of democracies and dictatorships in Latin America since 1900. Scott Mainwaring and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán argue for a theoretical approach situated between long-term structural and cultural explanations and short-term explanations that look at the decisions of specific leaders. They focus on the political preferences of powerful actors - the degree to which they embrace democracy as an intrinsically desirable end and their policy radicalism - to explain regime outcomes. They also demonstrate that transnational forces and influences are crucial to understand regional waves of democratization. Based on extensive research into the political histories of all twenty Latin American countries, this book offers the first extended analysis of regime emergence, survival and failure for all of Latin America over a long period of time.

Author : Yanilda María González
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108830393

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Authoritarian Police in Democracy by Yanilda María González Pdf

Explains the persistence of violent, unaccountable policing in democratic contexts.

Author : Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Authoritarianism
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023736342

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On the Characterisation of Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America by Fernando Henrique Cardoso Pdf

Author : Katherine Hite,Paola Cesarini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058087597

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Authoritarian Legacies and Democracy in Latin America and Southern Europe by Katherine Hite,Paola Cesarini Pdf

Among 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 : James Malloy
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1976-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822974161

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Authoritarianism and Corporatism in Latin America by James Malloy Pdf

Since the mid-1960s it has been apparent that authoritarian regimes are not necessarily doomed to extinction as societies modernize and develop, but are potentially viable (if unpleasant) modes of organizing a society’s developmental efforts. This realization has spurred new interest among social scientists in the phenomenon of authoritarianism and one of its variants, corporatism. The sixteen previously unpublished essays in this volume provide a focus for the discussion of authoritarianism and corporatism by clarifying various concepts, and by pointing to directions for future research utilizing them. The book is organized in four parts: a theoretical introduction; discussions of authoritarianism, corporatism, and the state; comparative and case studies; and conclusions and implications. The essays discuss authoritarianism and corporatism in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Author : Victoria Basualdo,Hartmut Berghoff,Marcelo Bucheli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030439255

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Big Business and Dictatorships in Latin America by Victoria Basualdo,Hartmut Berghoff,Marcelo Bucheli Pdf

This edited volume studies the relationship between big business and the Latin American dictatorial regimes during the Cold War. The first section provides a general background about the contemporary history of business corporations and dictatorships in the twentieth century at the international level. The second section comprises chapters that analyze five national cases (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Peru), as well as a comparative analysis of the banking sector in the Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay). The third section presents six case studies of large companies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Central America. This book is crucial reading because it provides the first comprehensive analysis of a key yet understudied topic in Cold War history in Latin America.

Author : James M. Malloy,Mitchell A. Seligson
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0822971372

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Authoritarians and Democrats by James M. Malloy,Mitchell A. Seligson Pdf

By the end of the 1960s, most of Latin America was under repressive military rule. Conversely, the 1980s have seen the emergence of formal, constitutional democracies in Latin America and the Caribbean. Authoritarians and Democrats describes these changes and the future prospects for constitutional government in Latin America.

Author : Guillermo O’Donnell,Philippe C. Schmitter,Laurence Whitehead
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421410203

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Transitions from Authoritarian Rule by Guillermo O’Donnell,Philippe C. Schmitter,Laurence Whitehead Pdf

An 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 : Oscar A. Pérez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000533323

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Medicine, Power, and the Authoritarian Regime in Hispanic Literature by Oscar A. Pérez Pdf

This book offers a substantial examination of how contemporary authors deal with the complex legacies of authoritarian regimes in various Spanish-speaking countries. It does so by focusing on works that explore an under-studied aspect: the reliance of authoritarian power on medical notions for political purposes. From the Porfirian regime in Mexico to Castro’s Cuba, this book describes how such regimes have sought to seize medical knowledge to support propagandistic ideas and marginalize their opponents in ways that transcend specific pathologies, political ideologies, and geographical and temporal boundaries. Medicine, Power, and the Authoritarian Regime in Hispanic Literature brings together the work of literary scholars, cultural critics, and historians of medicine, arguing that contemporary authors have actively challenged authoritarian narratives of medicine and disease. In doing so, they continue to re-examine the place of these regimes in the collective memory of Latin America and Spain.

Author : Kurt Weyland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108483551

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Revolution and Reaction by Kurt Weyland Pdf

Explains how bold efforts at profound progressive change provoked a powerful reactionary backlash that led to the imposition of brutal, regressive dictatorships.

Author : Steven Levitsky,Lucan A. Way
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139491488

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Competitive Authoritarianism by Steven Levitsky,Lucan A. Way Pdf

Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized. In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but rarely democratized.

Author : Roderic A. Camp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0842025138

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Democracy in Latin America by Roderic A. Camp Pdf

Events such as the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement have made it imperative for students to grasp the history and possible directions of Latin American political change. This title gives readers both the background and the analytical models necessary for an accurate understanding of this area's political past and future. To examine the problems posed by political development, Professor Camp has divided this volume into four parts. The first section sets the tone, with two introductory essays providing an overview of the problems and dilemmas posed by democratization. The other three parts explore important aspects of this overall process.

Author : Kevin J. Middlebrook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Authoritarianism
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173018387404

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Notes on Transitions from Authoritarian Rule in Latin America and Latin Europe by Kevin J. Middlebrook Pdf