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Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America - Emergence, Survival, and Fall (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R1,594
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Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America - Emergence, Survival, and Fall (Hardcover, New): Scott Mainwaring, Anibal...

Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America - Emergence, Survival, and Fall (Hardcover, New)

Scott Mainwaring, Anibal Perez-Linan

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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 Anibal Perez-Linan argue for a theoretical approach situated between long-term structural and cultural explanations and short-term explanations that look at the decisions of specific leaders. They focus on the political preferences of powerful actors - the degree to which they embrace democracy as an intrinsically desirable end and their policy radicalism - to explain regime outcomes. They also demonstrate that transnational forces and influences are crucial to understand regional waves of democratization. Based on extensive research into the political histories of all twenty Latin American countries, this book offers the first extended analysis of regime emergence, survival and failure for all of Latin America over a long period of time.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2014
First published: 2014
Authors: Scott Mainwaring • Anibal Perez-Linan
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-19001-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Totalitarianism & dictatorship
LSN: 0-521-19001-0
Barcode: 9780521190015

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