The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Latin America

by Juan J. Linz (Preface by), Alfred Stepan (Preface by), Juan J. Linz (Editor), Alfred Stepan (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801820236
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	10/01/1978
Series:	Breakdown of Democratic Regimes Series
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

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

From the Publisher

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