Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America - Mainwaring, Scott (University of Notre Dame, Indiana); Perez-Linan, Anibal (University of Pittsburgh)
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This book presents a new theory for why democracies and dictatorships emerge and then either survive or collapse. Scott Mainwaring and Anà bal Pà rez-Lià án analyze the survival of political regimes in Latin America since 1900, arguing for a theory of democratization situated between explanations that emphasize long-term structural preconditions and short-term decisions by specific leaders.

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This book presents a new theory for why democracies and dictatorships emerge and then either survive or collapse. Scott Mainwaring and Anà bal Pà rez-Lià án analyze the survival of political regimes in Latin America since 1900, arguing for a theory of democratization situated between explanations that emphasize long-term structural preconditions and short-term decisions by specific leaders.
Autorenporträt
Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include democratic institutions, democratization, and political parties and party systems. Among his previous books are Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave of Democratization: The Case of Brazil (1999), The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks (co-edited, Cambridge University Press, 2005), The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes (co-edited, 2006) and Democratic Governance in Latin America (co-edited, 2010). Mainwaring is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2007, he was listed as one of the 400 most cited political scientists teaching in the United States.