Democracies and dictatorships in Latin America : emergence, survival, and fall / Scott Mainwaring; Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

"This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive or break down. It then analyzes the emergence, survival, and fall of democracies and dictatorships in Latin America since 1900. Scott Mainwaring and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán argue for a theoretical ap...

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Auteurs principaux:Mainwaring, Scott (Auteur)
Autres auteurs:Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal S. (Auteur)
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié:New York, NY [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. A theory of regime change and durability; 3. Competitive regimes and authoritarianism in Latin America, 1900-2010; 4. Regime survival and fall: a quantitative test; 5. From breakdowns to stabilization of democracy: Argentina; 6. From persistent authoritarianism to democracy: El Salvador; 7. International actors, international influences, and regime outcomes; 8. The limits of the third wave, 1978-2010; 9. Rethinking theories of democratization.