Overview

This edited collection explores how different dictators and authoritarian parties and factions have frequently succeeded in rising to power in modern Latin America, often retaining political and/or military control for long periods of time. The volume examines whether there are common factors within the Latin American sociopolitical, cultural, and historical context that have allowed authoritarianism to play such a fundamental and recurrent role in the continent's development. Including chapters on Mexico, Chile, Cuba, Paraguay, and Honduras, the work will be of interest to scholars and students alike in comparative politics, Latin American history, and Latin American studies.

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Author:   William M. Fowler
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 6.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9780313298431

ISBN 10:   0313298432
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   30 April 1996
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Introduction by Will Fowler The Repeated Rise of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna in the so-called ""Age of Chaos"" (Mexico, 1821-1855) by Will Fowler Pragmatism, patriarchy, and patronage: Profirio Diaz and personalist politics in Mexico by Paul Garner Ibanez: failed dictator and unwitting architect of political democracy in Chile, 1927-1931 by Francisco Dominguez Fulgencio Batista, 1933-1944: From Revolutionary to Populist by Antoni Kapcia Mechanisms of Control: The Stroessner Regime in Paraguay by Peter Lambert Honduras: The politics of exception and military reformism (1972-1978) by Rachel Sieder Proprietors not proletarians: The politics of housing subsidies under military rule in Chile by Ben Richards Bibliography Index"

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WILL FOWLER is lecturer in Hispanic and Latin American Studies at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

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