A rich collection of challenging studies that, in addition ot supplying useful data on the performance of democratic institutions in a variety of settings, gives us a good example of how collaborative, cross-national explanatory research can be conducted. Journal of Politics

The fate of democratic governments throughout the world is a topic of growing concern. The crises of modern history, from the Machtegreifung 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, thought-provoking books propose a significant new comparative framework for understanding the dynamics of political change and the conditions necessary for democratic stability.
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Editors' Preface and AckowledgementsChapter 1. The Breakdown of Democracy in Argentine, 1916-30Chapter 2. Conversations among Gentlemen: Oligarchical Democracy in ColombiaChapter 3. Venezuela since 1958: The Consolidation of Democratic PoliticsChapter 4. Political Leadership and Regime Breakdown: BrazilChapter 5. Permanent Crisis and the Failure to Create a Deomcratic Regime: Argentinam 1955-66Chapter 6. A Structural-Historical Approach to the Breakdown of Democratic Institutions: PeruBiographical NotesIndex
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780801820236
Publisert
1978-11-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Johns Hopkins University Press
Vekt
369 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
149 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
232

Om bidragsyterne

Alfred Stepan is the Wallace Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University, coauthor, with Juan J. Linz, of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, and coeditor, also with Juan J. Linz, of The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes, both published by Johns Hopkins.