Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall

This book presents a new theory for why democracies and dictatorships emerge and then either survive or collapse. Scott Mainwaring and Anibal Perez-Linan analyze the survival of political regimes in Latin America since 1900, arguing for a theory of democratization situated between explanations that emphasize long-term structural preconditions and short-term decisions by specific leaders.

• | By (Author): Scott Mainwaring (University of Notre Dame, Indiana), Anibal Perez-Linan (University of Pittsburgh) (Author)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 31, 2014
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 368 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0521152240
• | ISBN-13: 9780521152242