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Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America
Kevin J. Middlebrook (Ed.)
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Paperback. Wood, New York University. Editor(s): Middlebrook, Kevin J. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSG; 1KLSR; 1KLSV; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPHF; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Under what conditions do political institutions develop that are capable of promoting economic and social elites' accommodation to democracy? The importance of this question for research on regime change and democracy in Latin America lies in two established political facts: alliances between upper-class groups and the armed forces have historically been a major cause of military intervention in the region, and countries with electorally viable national conservative parties have experienced significantly longer periods of democratic governance since the 1920s and 1930s than have countries with weak conservative parties. The contributors to this book examine the relationship between the Right ... Read more
Under what conditions do political institutions develop that are capable of promoting economic and social elites' accommodation to democracy? The importance of this question for research on regime change and democracy in Latin America lies in two established political facts: alliances between upper-class groups and the armed forces have historically been a major cause of military intervention in the region, and countries with electorally viable national conservative parties have experienced significantly longer periods of democratic governance since the 1920s and 1930s than have countries with weak conservative parties. The contributors to this book examine the relationship between the Right ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801863868
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V9780801863868
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About Kevin J. Middlebrook (Ed.)
Kevin J. Middlebrook is Director of Research at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego. He is the author of The Paradox of Revolution: Labor, the State, and Authoritarianism in Mexico, also available from Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America
The essays are uniformly of high quality, interesting, and well integrated with one another.
Michael A. Morris Perspectives on Political Science A solid collection of essays from top scholars.
Jennifer S. Holmes Journal of Politics Middlebrook's volume is the most important cross-national volume to date for understanding conservative parties in the Americas.
Peter M. Siavelis Latin American ... Read more
Michael A. Morris Perspectives on Political Science A solid collection of essays from top scholars.
Jennifer S. Holmes Journal of Politics Middlebrook's volume is the most important cross-national volume to date for understanding conservative parties in the Americas.
Peter M. Siavelis Latin American ... Read more