The paper is narrowly addressed to a single puzzle: How did it happen that countries that attempted to install democracy earlier enjoyed it less frequently? Regime dynamics are driven by two mechanisms: (1) Democracies become more durable as per capita income increases, and (2) Past experiences with democracy destabilize both democracies and autocracies. As a result, countries that experiment with democracy at lower income levels experience more regime instability. Moreover, until they reach some income threshold, at any time such countries are less likely to be democratic than countries that first enter democracy when they have higher incomes. Hence, paradoxically, the resistance of European monarchies against democracy resulted in democra...
Observers of Latin America note that a paradox has emerged: a majority of citizens are disgruntled w...
This paper examines the political processes whereby earlier optimism for democratic transition in th...
In this paper, we investigate the determinants of political instability in Latin America. In a panel...
The paper is narrowly addressed to a single puzzle: How did it happen that countries that attempted ...
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...
This paper presents a critique of the theories that explain democracy, or its absence, in Latin Amer...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an...
Latin America experienced more breakdowns of democracy in 20th century than any other region. Latin ...
Based on an ideal definition of democracy, the article discusses the workings of a low institutional...
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...
This article examines the interplay between economic crises and the democratization process in Latin...
En este artículo analizamos la relación que existe entre el grado de modernización y la democracia e...
This paper attempts to explain the reason why democracy in Latin America was missing during the 60´s...
Observers of Latin America note that a paradox has emerged: a majority of citizens are disgruntled w...
This paper examines the political processes whereby earlier optimism for democratic transition in th...
In this paper, we investigate the determinants of political instability in Latin America. In a panel...
The paper is narrowly addressed to a single puzzle: How did it happen that countries that attempted ...
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...
This paper presents a critique of the theories that explain democracy, or its absence, in Latin Amer...
Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an...
Latin America experienced more breakdowns of democracy in 20th century than any other region. Latin ...
Based on an ideal definition of democracy, the article discusses the workings of a low institutional...
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...
This article examines the interplay between economic crises and the democratization process in Latin...
En este artículo analizamos la relación que existe entre el grado de modernización y la democracia e...
This paper attempts to explain the reason why democracy in Latin America was missing during the 60´s...
Observers of Latin America note that a paradox has emerged: a majority of citizens are disgruntled w...
This paper examines the political processes whereby earlier optimism for democratic transition in th...
In this paper, we investigate the determinants of political instability in Latin America. In a panel...