Democratic survival in Latin America (1945-2005)

Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an empirical focus on Latin America from 1945 to 2005. The argument deviates from the quantitative literature and a good part of the qualitative literature on democratic survival and breakdown. It is ar...

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Autores principales: PÉREZ-LIÑÁN, Aníbal; University of Pittsburgh, MAINWARING, Scott; University of Notre Dam
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad de Salamanca 2015
Materias:
democracy; dictatorship; political actors; normative preferences; radicalism
democracia; dictadura; actores políticos; preferencias normativas; radicalismo
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/alh201468139168
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=es/es-011&d=article12326oai
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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topic democracy; dictatorship; political actors; normative preferences; radicalism
democracia; dictadura; actores políticos; preferencias normativas; radicalismo
spellingShingle democracy; dictatorship; political actors; normative preferences; radicalism
democracia; dictadura; actores políticos; preferencias normativas; radicalismo
PÉREZ-LIÑÁN, Aníbal; University of Pittsburgh
MAINWARING, Scott; University of Notre Dam
Democratic survival in Latin America (1945-2005)
topic_facet democracy; dictatorship; political actors; normative preferences; radicalism
democracia; dictadura; actores políticos; preferencias normativas; radicalismo
description Why do democracies survive or break down? In this paper, it returns to this classic question with an empirical focus on Latin America from 1945 to 2005. The argument deviates from the quantitative literature and a good part of the qualitative literature on democratic survival and breakdown. It is argued that structural variables such as the level of development and inequalities have not shaped prospects for democratic survival in Latin America. Nor, contrary to findings in some of the literature, has economic performance affected the survival of competitive regimes. Instead, it is focused on the regional political environment and on actors’ normative preferences about democracy and dictatorship and their policy radicalism or moderation. It is argued that 1) a higher level of development did not increase the likelihood of democratic survival in Latin America over this long time; 2) if actors have a normative preference for democracy, it is more likely to survive; and 3) policy moderation facilitates democratic survival.
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title Democratic survival in Latin America (1945-2005)
title_short Democratic survival in Latin America (1945-2005)
title_full Democratic survival in Latin America (1945-2005)
title_fullStr Democratic survival in Latin America (1945-2005)
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publisher Universidad de Salamanca
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