Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule

Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970-2000
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8799-4
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine

Latin America's region-wide 1982 economic collapse had a drastic effect on governments throughout Central and South America, leading many to the verge of failure and pushing several of the most stridently authoritarian—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay—over the brink. Surprisingly though, Chile's repressive military dictatorship and Mexico's hegemonic civilian regime endured amid the economic chaos that rocked the region.

Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule explains why the regimes in these two nations survived the financial upheaval of the early 1980s and how each progressed toward a more open, democratic, market-driven system in later years. Using an in-depth comparative analysis of Chile and Mexico, Francisco González explains that the two governments—though quite different ideologically—possessed a common type of institutionalized authoritarian rule that not only served to maintain the political status quo but, paradoxically, also aided proponents of political and economic liberalization.

Featuring a discussion of parallel phenomena in Brazil, Hungary, Taiwan, and South Korea, Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule presents a cogent challenge to the received wisdom that sociopolitical and economic change within authoritarian nations must be approached separately. This book will interest scholars of Latin American politics, democratization studies, market reform, and comparative politics and international relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

González, Francisco E

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Part I: The 1970s: Divergent Politicoeconomic Trajectories
1. Chile, 1970–1982
2. Mexico, 1970–1982
Part II: The 1980s: Surviving the Crisis Years and Convergence of Trajectories
3. Chile's Decisive Decade, 1982–1990
4. Mexico's Lost Decade, 1982–1988
Part III: The 1990s: Versions of Electoral Democracy and Free Market Economies
5. The New Chile, 1990–2000
6. Mexico in North America, 1988–2000
Conclusion: Dual Transitions in Chile, Mexico, and Beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

González, Francisco E
Francisco E. González is the Riordan Roett Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and author of Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970–2000, published by Johns Hopkins.

Francisco E. González is the Riordan Roett Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University.