The core literature on Latin American politics has stressed the existence of path dependency among presidential regimes in the region. However, this paper offers an alternative explanation, where dependence is found in values such as central power, authority, order and elite pre-eminence, which were transformed into formal institutions, principally the Constitution. Consequently, sub-optimal decisions taken at certain critical junctures aimed at maintaining the status quo are more relevant than lasting institutional agreements, as is the case in the United States. The lack of a constitutional agreement resembles what in economics has been described as the missing social contract, where elite or temporary political coalitions with other soci...
This chapter is the centerpiece of the work of my doctoral thesis Brief History of HispanicAmerican ...
This article runs along the last five years of the relation between Argentina and Chile, using a me...
The key concern of the article is the understanding of the connexion that has been established betwe...
The core literature on Latin American politics has stressed the existence of path dependency among p...
I temi della crisi autoritaria del regime di Pinochet, della transizione verso un nuovo regime e del...
This article argues that the classification of presidential powers developed in the recent literatur...
This work analyzes the politics of agreements done in the Chilean transition to democracy, from 1990...
The autonomy between state and electoral politics has been a main concern of the Latinamerica’s stat...
Este trabajo recorre los últimos cinco años de la relación bilateral Argentina-Chile, empleando una ...
On the occasion of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the breakdown of democracy in Chile,...
Resumo Em seu livro, Kurtz tenta entender a atual diferença nas capacidades estatais de Argentina, U...
The article assesses the evolution of democracy in Chile from the transition to democracy into the s...
Si bien centrado especialmente en el caso de la República Argentina, el texto analiza en términos co...
Through a combination of comparative method and case analysis, the present paper aims to highlight t...
Tanto en España como en Chile la sociedad civil y las elites participaron en los procesos que conduj...
This chapter is the centerpiece of the work of my doctoral thesis Brief History of HispanicAmerican ...
This article runs along the last five years of the relation between Argentina and Chile, using a me...
The key concern of the article is the understanding of the connexion that has been established betwe...
The core literature on Latin American politics has stressed the existence of path dependency among p...
I temi della crisi autoritaria del regime di Pinochet, della transizione verso un nuovo regime e del...
This article argues that the classification of presidential powers developed in the recent literatur...
This work analyzes the politics of agreements done in the Chilean transition to democracy, from 1990...
The autonomy between state and electoral politics has been a main concern of the Latinamerica’s stat...
Este trabajo recorre los últimos cinco años de la relación bilateral Argentina-Chile, empleando una ...
On the occasion of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the breakdown of democracy in Chile,...
Resumo Em seu livro, Kurtz tenta entender a atual diferença nas capacidades estatais de Argentina, U...
The article assesses the evolution of democracy in Chile from the transition to democracy into the s...
Si bien centrado especialmente en el caso de la República Argentina, el texto analiza en términos co...
Through a combination of comparative method and case analysis, the present paper aims to highlight t...
Tanto en España como en Chile la sociedad civil y las elites participaron en los procesos que conduj...
This chapter is the centerpiece of the work of my doctoral thesis Brief History of HispanicAmerican ...
This article runs along the last five years of the relation between Argentina and Chile, using a me...
The key concern of the article is the understanding of the connexion that has been established betwe...