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Pages: 276
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This thoughtful text describes how Latin America's authoritarian culture has been and continues to be reflected in a variety of governments, from the near-anarc
Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America
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Pages: 371
Authors: Scott Mainwaring
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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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
Authoritarian Legacies and Democracy in Latin America and Southern Europe
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Katherine Hite
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher:

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Among the challenges for democracies in Latin America and Southern Europe are weakened political parties, politicized militaries, compromised judiciaries, corru
Authoritarian Police in Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 375
Authors: Yanilda María González
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-12 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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In countries around the world, from the United States to the Philippines to Chile, police forces are at the center of social unrest and debates about democracy
Latin American Dictators of the 20th Century
Language: en
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Authors: Javier A. Galván
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Throughout the 20th century, the emergence of authoritarian dictatorships in Latin America coincided with periods of social convulsion and economic uncertainty.