Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Title | Transitions from Authoritarian Rule PDF eBook |
Author | Guillermo O’Donnell |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2013-07-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1421410192 |
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. The historical example of Italy after Mussolini as well as the more recent cases of Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey suggest factors that may make a transition relatively secure.
Authoritarian Regimes in Transition
Title | Authoritarian Regimes in Transition PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Binnendijk |
Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Title | Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule PDF eBook |
Author | Francisco E. Gonzlez |
Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM |
Pages | 446 |
Release | 2008-04-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0801896754 |
An “analytically sophisticated and heavily documented” study of two Latin American countries in their economic and political move toward democracy (Choice). In 1982, Latin America experienced a region-wide economic collapse that had a drastic effect on governments throughout Central and South America. Many were pushed to the verge of failure, while several of the most authoritarian—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay—went over the brink. Yet somehow, Chile’s repressive military dictatorship and Mexico’s hegemonic civilian regime endured amid the economic chaos. Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule explains why these two regimes survived the upheaval and how each progressed toward a more open, democratic, market-driven system in later years. Using comparative analysis of Chile and Mexico, Francisco González explains that their governments—though different ideologically—shared a type of authoritarian rule that maintained the political status quo while aiding proponents of political and economic liberalization. Featuring a discussion of parallel phenomena in Brazil, Hungary, Taiwan, and South Korea, Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule challenges the received wisdom about sociopolitical and economic change within authoritarian nations. A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title
Competitive Authoritarianism
Title | Competitive Authoritarianism PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Levitsky |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2010-08-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1139491482 |
Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized. In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but rarely democratized.
Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Title | Transitions from Authoritarian Rule PDF eBook |
Author | Guillermo O’Donnell |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1986-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801831928 |
An array of internationally noted scholars examines the process of democratization in Southern Europe and Latin America. The authors 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. In Volume 3, despite the unique contexts of transitions in individual countries, significant points of comparison emerge — such as the influence of foreign nations and the role of agents outside the government. These analyses explore both intra- and interregional similarities and differences.
Authoritarian Regimes in Transition
Title | Authoritarian Regimes in Transition PDF eBook |
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Release | 1987 |
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ISBN | 9789998846036 |
Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Title | Transitions from Authoritarian Rule PDF eBook |
Author | Guillermo O’Donnell |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2013-07-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1421410206 |
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.