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Bounded missions : military regimes and democratization in the Southern Cone and Brazil
- Title
- Bounded missions : military regimes and democratization in the Southern Cone and Brazil / Craig L. Arceneaux.
- Author
- Arceneaux, Craig L., 1965-
- Publication
- University Park, Penn : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2001.
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- Description
- xiv, 262 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Scholars of Latin American politics have been challenged to account for the varied outcomes of the transitions from authoritarian to democratic government that have occurred in many countries south of the border during the past two decades. What explains why some transitions were relatively smooth, with the military firmly in control of the process, while others witnessed substantial concessions by the military to civilian leaders, or even total military collapse?"
- "Rather than focus on causes external to the military, such as the previous legacy of democratic rule, severe economic crisis, or social protest, as other scholars have done, Craig Arceneaux draws attention to the important variables internal to the military, such as its unity or ability to coordinate strategy. Using this "historical institutionalist" approach, he compares five different transitions in Brazil, and three countries of the Southern Cone - Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay - to show what similarities and differences existed and how the differences may be attributed to variations in the internal institutional structure and operation of the military."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Geschichte 1980-1997
- Civil-military relations > South America
- Military government > South America
- Democratization > South America
- Armed Forces > Political activity
- Civil-military relations
- Democratization
- Military government
- Demokratisierung
- Militär
- Democratisering
- Militaire regimes
- South America > Armed Forces > Political activity
- South America
- Südamerika
- Note
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of California, Riverside), 1997.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-253) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: An Institutional Approach to Military Rule and Transition Control -- 2. Political Alienation and Balanced Transition in the Revolucion Argentina -- 3. Institutional Aggrandizement and Controlled Transition in Pinochet's Chile -- 4. The Argentine Proceso: Politicization and Regime Collapse -- 5. Brazil: Institutional Accommodation and Controlled Transition -- 6. Institutional Accommodation, a Lack of Strategy Coordination, and Balanced Transition in Uruguay -- 7. Conclusion: From Transition Control to Democratization.
- ISBN
- 0271021039
- 9780271021034
- 0271021047
- 9780271021041
- LCCN
- 00057136
- OCLC
- ocm44509325
- 44509325
- SCSB-1217720
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library