Military Government And Popular Participation In Panama: The Torrijos Regime, 1968-1975

by George Priestley

Overview

This study details the formation of a populist alliance by the Panamanian military in order to legitimize its leadership and restructure the rules of the political process. Along with the move for popular support, the Torrijos regime introduced an economic strategy based on export-oriented industrialization. The shift toward such policies by General Omar Torrijos Herrera, whose ideologies and political strategies were “neither the left nor the right,” bewildered and confused many in Panama and the United States, especially groups accustomed to having their vested interests coincide with those of the Panamanian military. The lessons drawn from this study illustrate an alternative to exclusionary and repressive military regimes in Central America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367008772
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/07/2019
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Westview Special Studies — Introduction — The 1960s Crisis of Hegemony and the Emergence of the Torrijos Regime — Demobilization and Incorporation of a Shanty Community: The Case of San Miguelito — The Politics of Agricultural Reform — Institutionalization of the Revolution: A New National Constitutional Structure — Local Participatory Structures: The Community Boards — Conclusion — Appendixes — Distribution of Work Force — Growth Index of the Work Force (1960-1975) — Number of Peasant Settlements and Families Organized Per Province (1969-1972) — Government Credit to Peasant Settlements (1970-1972) — Council of State by Name, Office, Profession, and Country of Study (1977) — National Legislative Commission Members by Name, Profession, and Country of Study (1977) — Joint Chiefs of Staff by Rank, Name, Division, and Training Profile (1975)