From Military Rule to Liberal Democracy in Argentina

ISBN-13: 9780367008512 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 192 str.

Monica Peralta-ramos

Opis

Argentina has most of the characteristics that various theories of democracy postulate as prerequisites for achieving liberal democracy: an urban industrial economy, key economic resources under domestic control, the absence of a peasantry, the absence of ethnic or religious cleavages, relatively high levels of education, strong interest groups, an

Spis treści

Introduction -- Politics, the Economy, and Society -- Political Movements in Argentina: A Sketch from Past and Present -- Can Argentina’s Democracy Survive Economic Disaster? -- Toward an Analysis of the Structural Basis of Coercion in Argentina: The Behavior of the Major Fractions of the Bourgeoisie, 1976–1983 -- Changes in Argentine Society: The Heritage of the Dictatorship -- The Legitimation of Democracy Under Adverse Conditions: The Case of Argentina -- Politics and Culture -- The Culture of Fear in Civil Society -- Technocracy and National Identity: Attitudes Toward Economic Policy -- Culture, Ideology, and Science -- Elements for an Analysis of Argentine Culture

O autorze

Monica Peralta-Ramos is in charge of academic affairs at the Argentine Embassy in Washington.

Carlos H. Waisman is an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego.