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Recycling Dictators in Latin American Elections : Legacies of Military Rule / Brett J. Kyle.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (267 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626376403
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.98
LOC classification:
  • JL968 .K954 2016
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 “Recycled Dictators” and Elections in Latin America -- 2 Former Regime Members as Presidential Candidates -- 3 The Elements of Success -- 4 Chile: Redemocratization and the Regime Heir -- 5 Argentina: Authoritarian Collapse and the Protest Candidate -- 6 Guatemala: Persistent Competitors -- 7 El Salvador: Short-Circuiting Former Authoritarians -- 8 Regime Legacies and Recycled Dictators Worldwide -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: Final Period of Military Rule and Inauguration of Uninterrupted Civilian Rule -- Appendix B: Party Development and Nature of Military Rule -- Appendix C: Recycled Dictator Candidacies in Latin America, 1979-2011 -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: What explains the presence—and the surprising performance—of former authoritarian-regime officials in Latin American presidential elections? To answer that question, Brett J. Kyle examines the experiences of twelve countries that transitioned from military to civilian government in the Third Wave of democratization. His persuasive analysis, incorporating case studies of Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, and El Salvador, sheds new light on the consolidation of democracy in Latin America.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 “Recycled Dictators” and Elections in Latin America -- 2 Former Regime Members as Presidential Candidates -- 3 The Elements of Success -- 4 Chile: Redemocratization and the Regime Heir -- 5 Argentina: Authoritarian Collapse and the Protest Candidate -- 6 Guatemala: Persistent Competitors -- 7 El Salvador: Short-Circuiting Former Authoritarians -- 8 Regime Legacies and Recycled Dictators Worldwide -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: Final Period of Military Rule and Inauguration of Uninterrupted Civilian Rule -- Appendix B: Party Development and Nature of Military Rule -- Appendix C: Recycled Dictator Candidacies in Latin America, 1979-2011 -- Index -- About the Book

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What explains the presence—and the surprising performance—of former authoritarian-regime officials in Latin American presidential elections? To answer that question, Brett J. Kyle examines the experiences of twelve countries that transitioned from military to civilian government in the Third Wave of democratization. His persuasive analysis, incorporating case studies of Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, and El Salvador, sheds new light on the consolidation of democracy in Latin America.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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