John Higley / Richard Gunther (eds.)

Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe

Herausgeber: Gunther, Richard; John, Higley; Higley, John

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Produktbeschreibung

Employing a framework that focuses on the actions and choices of elites in creating consolidated democracies, a distinguished group of scholars examine in this book the recent transitions to democracy and the prospects for democratic stability in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and Uruguay. The role of elites in creating, democratizing, and consolidating the longer-established democratic regimes in Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, and Venezuela is also assessed, and an analysis of the stable but not very democratic Mexican regime is presented.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9780521424226
• ISBN-10: 0521424224
• Artikelnr.: 21099765

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Introduction: Elite transformations and democratic regimes
Michael Burton, Richard Gunther and John Higley; 2. Spain: the very model
of the modern elite settlement Richard Gunther; 3. Elite settlements and
democratic consolidation: Colombia, Costa Rica and Venezuela John A.
Peeler; 4. Mexico's elite settlement: conjuncture and consequences Alan
Knight; 5. Elite unification and democratic consolidation in Italy: an
historical overview Maurizio Cotta; 6. The role of civil-military pacts in
elite settlements and elite convergences: democratic consolidation in
Uruguay Charles Guy Gillespie; 7. Patterns of elite negotiation and
confrontation in Argentina and Chile Marcelo Cavarozzi; 8. Elites in an
unconsolidated democracy: Peru during the 1980s Henry Hietz; 9. Brazil's
political transition Thomas Bruneau; 10. Redefining the Portuguese
transition to democracy Lawrence S. Graham; 11. The Dominican case Peter
Sanchez; 12. Elites and democratic consolidation in Latin America and
Southern Europe: an overview Michael Burton, Richard Gunther and John
Higley.