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Title: Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Latin America by Philippe C. Schmitter, Laurence Whitehead, Guillermo A. O'Donnell ISBN: 0-8018-3188-1 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Summary: Latin America as a Mirror of Other Developing Countries
Comment: This book which is a collection of some writings edited by Guillermo O'Donnell, Philippe Schmitter, and Laurence Whitehead is published as the result of international meeting/conference titled 'Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Prospect of Democracy in Latin America and Southern Europe.' In fact, there are four books as the result of the conference. This book particularly took the Latin American case (Latin America's experience in democracy) as its main stress. By researching the differences of Latin America's domestic characterizations (either socio-political or historical) which, to some extent, opposed to Southern Europe's characterization, and the influence of international factors, some of the writers arrived at the same conclusion. The conclusion is that the prospect of political democracy in Latin America is not so bright, or at least worse than in Southern Europe. The differences are, first, the higher degree of military's interference in politics in Latin America than in Southern Europe. This fact made the transition projects more difficult, at least in two things, the possible existence of political revenge of the democratic regime to the former authoritarian regime and too many issues and institutions under military's control as the authoritarian regime was in power. Second, the comprehension of ideas of democracy is more ambiguous in Latin America than in Southern Europe. Political democracy is more understood as manifested in "left and populist parties" rather than in the accountably institutional order of representation and aggregation. Third, higher economic and educational inequality in Latin America, which is the heritage of the former authoritarian rule, than in Southern Europe. This fact marked the fragility of democratic regimes. If they fails to overcome this inequality, it is likely turning back to the authoritarian rule. Fourth, the absence of formally political pact in Latin American transition. This fact caused the inadequacy of cooperation among the political actors, which in turn brings about the deficiency of legitimacy of the democratic regimes. This Latin America's experience in democracy actually resembles the experience of other developing countries. Those factors mentioned above are also inherent in the developing countries. Thus, by reading this book we can, at least, get the picture of prospect of democracy in other developing countries.
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Title: Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions About Uncertain Democracies by Philippe C. Schmitter, Guillermo A. O'Donnell, Woodrow Wilson International C ISBN: 0801826829 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 1986 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe by Juan J. Linz, Alfred Stepan ISBN: 0801851580 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Transitions to Democracy by Lisa Anderson ISBN: 0231115911 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.50 |
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Title: The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century (Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series, Vol 4) by Samuel P. Huntington ISBN: 0806125160 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.19 |
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Title: Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation by Larry Jay Diamond ISBN: 080186156X Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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