O’Donnell / Schmitter / Whitehead Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

Latin America
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1020-3
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O’Donnell, Guillermo

Schmitter, Philippe C.

Whitehead, Laurence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction to the Latin American Cases
2. Political Cycles in Argentina since 1955
3. Bolivia's Failed Democratization, 1977-1980
4. The "Liberalization" of Authoritarian Rule in Brazil
5. The Political Evolution of the Chilean Military Regime and Problems in the Transition to Democracy
6. Political Liberalization in an Authoritarian Regime: The Case of Mexico
7. Military Interventions and "Transfer of Power to Civilians" in Peru
8. Uruguay's Transition from Collegial Military-Technocratic Rule
9. Petroleum and Political Pacts: The Transition to Democracy in Venezuela
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

O’Donnell, Guillermo
Guillermo O'Donnell was a prominent Argentine political scientist who served as president of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) from 1988 to 1991, and was vice-president of the American Political Science Association (APSA) from 1999–2000.

Schmitter, Philippe C.
Philippe C. Schmitter is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute.

Whitehead, Laurence
Laurence Whitehead is a senior research fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford University. He is the author of Democratization: Theory and Experience.

Guillermo O'Donnell was a prominent Argentine political scientist who served as president of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) from 1988 to 1991, and was vice-president of the American Political Science Association (APSA) from 1999–2000.