Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an empirical focus on Latin America from 1945 to 2005. The argument deviates from the quantitative literature and a good part of the qualitative literature on democratic survival and breakdown. It is argued that structural variables such as the level of development and inequalities have not shaped prospects for democratic survival in Latin America. Nor, contrary to findings in some of the literature, has economic performance affected the survival of competitive regimes. Instead, it is focused on the regional political environment and on actors’ normative preferences about democracy and dictatorship and their policy radicalism or moderation. It ...
Democracy reached its peak in 2005, when 46 per cent of states in the world were ranked as “Free” wh...
During the second half of XX century, Latin America started a consolidation process with democracy a...
What explains the remarkable burst of democratization that Latin America experienced between 1978 an...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, we return to this classic question with an ...
In this paper, we analyze the relationship between modernization and demo¬cracy for one region of th...
The paper is narrowly addressed to a single puzzle: How did it happen that countries that attempted ...
The paper is narrowly addressed to a single puzzle: How did it happen that countries that attempted ...
En este artículo analizamos la relación que existe entre el grado de modernización y la democracia e...
This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive ...
Latin America experienced more breakdowns of democracy in 20th century than any other region. Latin ...
In this article, the relationship between modernization and democracy in Latin America from 1945 to ...
In this article, the relationship between modernization and democracy in Latin America from 1945 to ...
Democracy reached its peak in 2005, when 46 per cent of states in the world were ranked as “Free” wh...
During the second half of XX century, Latin America started a consolidation process with democracy a...
What explains the remarkable burst of democratization that Latin America experienced between 1978 an...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, we return to this classic question with an ...
In this paper, we analyze the relationship between modernization and demo¬cracy for one region of th...
The paper is narrowly addressed to a single puzzle: How did it happen that countries that attempted ...
The paper is narrowly addressed to a single puzzle: How did it happen that countries that attempted ...
En este artículo analizamos la relación que existe entre el grado de modernización y la democracia e...
This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive ...
Latin America experienced more breakdowns of democracy in 20th century than any other region. Latin ...
In this article, the relationship between modernization and democracy in Latin America from 1945 to ...
In this article, the relationship between modernization and democracy in Latin America from 1945 to ...
Democracy reached its peak in 2005, when 46 per cent of states in the world were ranked as “Free” wh...
During the second half of XX century, Latin America started a consolidation process with democracy a...
What explains the remarkable burst of democratization that Latin America experienced between 1978 an...