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Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America

Paperback • 2014 • English

Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America

By Scott Mainwaring

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About the book

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 -...Show more

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9780521152242

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America

Format

Paperback

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