Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970-2000

Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970-2000

González, Francisco E.

Paperback

General Political ScienceMexican HistorySouth American History

ISBN10: 080188800X
ISBN13: 9780801888007
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published: Apr 1 2008
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.78 Width: 7.36 Depth: 8.11
Language: English

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.

Also in

Mexican History

View All