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Dual Transitions From Authoritarian Rule – Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico 1970–2000
Author(s): Francisco E Gonzalez (Author)
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Date: 13 May 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 080188800X
- ISBN-13: 9780801888007
Book Description
Latin America’s region-wide 1982 economic collapse had a drastic effect on governments throughout Central and South America, leading many to the verge of failure and pushing several of the most stridently authoritarian-Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay-over the brink. Surprisingly though, Chile’s repressive military dictatorship and Mexico’s hegemonic civilian regime endured amid the economic chaos that rocked the region. Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule explains why the regimes in these two nations survived the financial upheaval of the early 1980s and how each progressed toward a more open, democratic, market-driven system in later years. Using an in-depth comparative analysis of Chile and Mexico, Francisco Gonzalez explains that the two governments-though quite different ideologically-possessed a common type of institutionalized authoritarian rule that not only served to maintain the political status quo but, paradoxically, also aided proponents of political and economic liberalization. Featuring a discussion of parallel phenomena in Brazil, Hungary, Taiwan, and South Korea, Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule presents a cogent challenge to the received wisdom that sociopolitical and economic change within authoritarian nations must be approached separately. This book will interest scholars of Latin American politics, democratization studies, market reform, and comparative politics and international relations.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Analytically sophisticated and heavily documented with an extensive bibliography. It belongs in all college and university libraries . . . Highly recommended.
— “Choice”
González’s book is a serious attempt to understand the complex processes of political and economic change in Chile and Mexico. It is worth reading, and opens up an important debate about authoritarian rule and its pernicious consequences.
–Reynaldo Yunuen Ortega Oritz “Journal of Latin American Studies”
Highly original academic work.
–Russell Crandall “Survival”
About the Author
Francisco E. González is the Riordan Roett Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and author of Dual Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Institutionalized Regimes in Chile and Mexico, 1970–2000, published by Johns Hopkins.
