The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes
Latin America
Published on 26. November 1978
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-8018-2023-6 (ISBN)
Description
The fate of democratic governments throughout the world is a topic of growing concern. The crises of modern history, from the Machtegreifung by Hitler through the downfall of the Allende government in Chile, have caused many to suspect an inevitable downfall of democracies. In a systematic review of the political experiences of Latin American and European democratic nations, these original, thought-provoking books propose a significant new comparative framework for understanding the dynamics of political change and the conditions necessary for democratic stability.
Reviews / Votes
A rich collection of challenging studies that, in addition ot supplying useful data on the performance of democratic institutions in a variety of settings, gives us a good example of how collaborative, cross-national explanatory research can be conducted. Journal of PoliticsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-2023-6 (9780801820236)
DOI
10.56021/9780801820236
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Persons
Alfred Stepan is the Wallace Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University, coauthor, with Juan J. Linz, of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, and coeditor, also with Juan J. Linz, of The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes, both published by Johns Hopkins.
Content
Editors' Preface and Ackowledgements
Chapter 1. The Breakdown of Democracy in Argentine, 1916-30
Chapter 2. Conversations among Gentlemen: Oligarchical Democracy in Colombia
Chapter 3. Venezuela since 1958: The Consolidation of Democratic Politics
Chapter 4. Political Leadership and Regime Breakdown: Brazil
Chapter 5. Permanent Crisis and the Failure to Create a Deomcratic Regime: Argentinam 1955-66
Chapter 6. A Structural-Historical Approach to the Breakdown of Democratic Institutions: Peru
Biographical Notes
Index
Chapter 1. The Breakdown of Democracy in Argentine, 1916-30
Chapter 2. Conversations among Gentlemen: Oligarchical Democracy in Colombia
Chapter 3. Venezuela since 1958: The Consolidation of Democratic Politics
Chapter 4. Political Leadership and Regime Breakdown: Brazil
Chapter 5. Permanent Crisis and the Failure to Create a Deomcratic Regime: Argentinam 1955-66
Chapter 6. A Structural-Historical Approach to the Breakdown of Democratic Institutions: Peru
Biographical Notes
Index