What explains the presence—and the surprising performance—of former authoritarian-regime officials in Latin American presidential elections? To answer that question, Brett J. Kyle examines the experiences of twelve countries that transitioned from military to civilian government in the Third Wave of democratization. His persuasive analysis, incorporating case studies of Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, and El Salvador, sheds new light on the consolidation of democracy in Latin America.https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/gchr_books/1003/thumbnail.jp
The democratic deficit, or the gap between citizens' aspirations and their level of satisfaction, is...
Although the last two decades have seen the end of authoritarian regimes and the spread of democracy...
After suffering authoritarian regimes and blood-shedding military dictatorships – in many of which h...
When dictators seize power, they face a choice about how to deal with the pre-existing political par...
This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive ...
Democracy reached its peak in 2005, when 46 per cent of states in the world were ranked as “Free” wh...
Democratization is perhaps the central issue in Latin American politics today. Case studies focus on...
Brazil now has a president-elect who glorifies the military dictatorship and a general as vice presi...
The received wisdom among scholars and policymakers generally contends that democracy, as opposed to...
What explains the remarkable burst of democratization that Latin America experienced between 1978 an...
In the past three decades, debates in Latin American political theory have shifted from struggles ov...
Today, all of Latin America’s presidential republics are at least nominal democracies, with the regi...
Capitalist democracies face profound crises in the current conjuncture. Latin America, far from bein...
Although Lijphart's typology of consensus and majoritarian democracy can be regarded as the most wid...
When dictators seize power, they face a choice about how to deal with the pre-existing political par...
The democratic deficit, or the gap between citizens' aspirations and their level of satisfaction, is...
Although the last two decades have seen the end of authoritarian regimes and the spread of democracy...
After suffering authoritarian regimes and blood-shedding military dictatorships – in many of which h...
When dictators seize power, they face a choice about how to deal with the pre-existing political par...
This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive ...
Democracy reached its peak in 2005, when 46 per cent of states in the world were ranked as “Free” wh...
Democratization is perhaps the central issue in Latin American politics today. Case studies focus on...
Brazil now has a president-elect who glorifies the military dictatorship and a general as vice presi...
The received wisdom among scholars and policymakers generally contends that democracy, as opposed to...
What explains the remarkable burst of democratization that Latin America experienced between 1978 an...
In the past three decades, debates in Latin American political theory have shifted from struggles ov...
Today, all of Latin America’s presidential republics are at least nominal democracies, with the regi...
Capitalist democracies face profound crises in the current conjuncture. Latin America, far from bein...
Although Lijphart's typology of consensus and majoritarian democracy can be regarded as the most wid...
When dictators seize power, they face a choice about how to deal with the pre-existing political par...
The democratic deficit, or the gap between citizens' aspirations and their level of satisfaction, is...
Although the last two decades have seen the end of authoritarian regimes and the spread of democracy...
After suffering authoritarian regimes and blood-shedding military dictatorships – in many of which h...