Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970-2000
An "analytically sophisticated and heavily documented" study of two Latin American countries in their economic and political move toward democracy (Choice).
In 1982, Latin America experienced a region-wide economic collapse that had a drastic effect on governments throughout Central and South America. Many were pushed to the verge of failure, while several of the most authoritarian—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay—went over the brink. Yet somehow, Chile's repressive military dictatorship and Mexico's hegemonic civilian regime endured amid the economic chaos.
Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule explains why these two regimes survived the upheaval and how each progressed toward a more open, democratic, market-driven system in later years. Using comparative analysis of Chile and Mexico, Francisco González explains that their governments—though different ideologically—shared a type of authoritarian rule that maintained the political status quo while aiding proponents of political and economic liberalization.
Featuring a discussion of parallel phenomena in Brazil, Hungary, Taiwan, and South Korea, Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule challenges the received wisdom about sociopolitical and economic change within authoritarian nations.
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Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970-2000
An "analytically sophisticated and heavily documented" study of two Latin American countries in their economic and political move toward democracy (Choice).
In 1982, Latin America experienced a region-wide economic collapse that had a drastic effect on governments throughout Central and South America. Many were pushed to the verge of failure, while several of the most authoritarian—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay—went over the brink. Yet somehow, Chile's repressive military dictatorship and Mexico's hegemonic civilian regime endured amid the economic chaos.
Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule explains why these two regimes survived the upheaval and how each progressed toward a more open, democratic, market-driven system in later years. Using comparative analysis of Chile and Mexico, Francisco González explains that their governments—though different ideologically—shared a type of authoritarian rule that maintained the political status quo while aiding proponents of political and economic liberalization.
Featuring a discussion of parallel phenomena in Brazil, Hungary, Taiwan, and South Korea, Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule challenges the received wisdom about sociopolitical and economic change within authoritarian nations.
A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title
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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

by Francisco E. Gonzlez
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

by Francisco E. Gonzlez

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An "analytically sophisticated and heavily documented" study of two Latin American countries in their economic and political move toward democracy (Choice).
In 1982, Latin America experienced a region-wide economic collapse that had a drastic effect on governments throughout Central and South America. Many were pushed to the verge of failure, while several of the most authoritarian—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay—went over the brink. Yet somehow, Chile's repressive military dictatorship and Mexico's hegemonic civilian regime endured amid the economic chaos.
Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule explains why these two regimes survived the upheaval and how each progressed toward a more open, democratic, market-driven system in later years. Using comparative analysis of Chile and Mexico, Francisco González explains that their governments—though different ideologically—shared a type of authoritarian rule that maintained the political status quo while aiding proponents of political and economic liberalization.
Featuring a discussion of parallel phenomena in Brazil, Hungary, Taiwan, and South Korea, Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule challenges the received wisdom about sociopolitical and economic change within authoritarian nations.
A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801896750
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 04/27/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 391
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Francisco E. González is the Riordan Roett Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule
Part I: The 1970s: Divergent Politicoeconomic Trajectories
1. Chile, 1970–1982
2. Mexico, 1970–1982
Part II: The 1980s: Surviving the Crisis Years and Convergence of Trajectories
3. Chile's Decisive Decade, 1982–1990
4. Mexico's Lost Decade, 1982–1988
Part III: The 1990s: Versions of Electoral Democracy and Free Market Economies
5. The New Chile, 1990–2000
6. Mexico in North America, 1988–2000
Conclusion: Dual Transitions in Chile, Mexico, and Beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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