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Political Right In Postauthoritarian Bra
Timothy J. Power
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paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJP; JPHV; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Brazil was an early case of a “conservative transition” from authoritarian rule, wherein civilian elites associated with the outgoing military regime assumed a commanding role in the early years of democracy. When this phenomenon was first theorized in the mid-1980s, there were few other comparable cases, with Turkey and South Korea perhaps the best known. In the past decade the proliferation of new democracies in Eastern Europe has drawn attention to the impressive survival skills of ex-authoritarian elites.
In this book Power examines this cohort of civilian politicians, showing how they adapted to competitive politics after the 1985 regime transition ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271020105
SKU
V9780271020105
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About Timothy J. Power
Timothy J. Power is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida International University.
Reviews for Political Right In Postauthoritarian Bra
“This book makes a significant, original contribution to Brazilian political studies in the post-authoritarian period as well as to the extensive case-study and comparative literature on democratic transitions and consolidations. It weaves together in sophisticated, carefully nuanced, and persuasive fashion a large body of literature in English and Portuguese bearing on elites, parties, electoral systems, and representative institutions. Power succeeds ... Read more