The third wave of democratization in Latin America
Subtitle: advances and setbacks
By: edited by Frances Hagopian, Scott P. Mainwaring.
Contributors: Hagopian, Frances.; Mainwaring, Scott, 1954-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780521824613; 9780521613200
Subjects: Democratization -- Latin America.; Democratization -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-.
Description: "This volume offers an ambitious and comprehensive overview of the unprecedented advances as well as the setbacks in the post-1978 wave of democratization. It seeks to explain the sea change from a region dominated by authoritarian regimes to one in which openly authoritarian regimes are the rare exception, and it analyzes why some countries have achieved striking gains in democratization while others have experienced erosions. The book presents general theoretical arguments about what causes and sustains democracy and analyses of nine theoretically compelling country cases."--Jacket.
Notes: Originated in a conference held Apr. 23-24, 2001, University of Notre Dame.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-398) and index.