The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes, Latin America

Erscheinungsjahr 1978
ISBN: 978-0-8018-2023-6
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

The fate of democratic governments throughout the world is a topic of growing concern. The crisis of modern history, from the Machtergreifung by Hitler through the downfall of the Allende government in Chile, have caused many to suspect an inevitable downfall of democracies. In a systematic review of the political experiences of Latin American and European democratic nations, these original and throught-provoking books propose a significant new comparative framework for understanding the dynamics of political change and the conditions necessary for democratic stability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Linz, Juan J.

Stepan, Alfred

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editors' Preface and Ackowledgements
Chapter 1. The Breakdown of Democracy in Argentine, 1916-30
Chapter 2. Conversations among Gentlemen: Oligarchical Democracy in Colombia
Chapter 3. Venezuela since 1958: The Consolidation of Democratic Politics
Chapter 4. Political Leadership and Regime Breakdown: Brazil
Chapter 5. Permanent Crisis and the Failure to Create a Deomcratic Regime: Argentinam 1955-66
Chapter 6. A Structural-Historical Approach to the Breakdown of Democratic Institutions: Peru
Biographical Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stepan, Alfred
Alfred Stepan is the Wallace Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University. His books include Democracies in Danger, Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation, and The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes, all also published by Johns Hopkins, the last two with Juan J. Linz.

Linz, Juan J.
Juan J. Linz is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political and Social Science at Yale University. In addition to the works coauthored and coedited with Professor Stepan, Professor Linz has published works on democracy, democratization, and comparative politics, including Sultanistic Regimes, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Juan J. Linz is Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University. Alfred Stephan is Professor of Political Science at Yale University and frequently serves as Chairman of Yale's Council on Latin American Studies.