(P/B) AUTHORITARIAN LEGACIES AND DEMOCRACY

Παρουσίαση

This collection of essays constitutes a daring enterprise. At a time when political scientists are under pressure to focus on subjects that can be easily quantified, an investigation of authoritarian legacies stands out for its boldness. This particular investigation stands out for its precision and its breadth. The editors have taken care to be precise about the many forms that legacies have taken in the real world of politics and in the scholarly literature. They have also taken time to include the whole range of legacies in their case studies. Readers will be enlightened by essays on legacies of authoritarianism that are carried in the hearts and minds of individuals, but they will also learn about legacies that are carried by institutions - especially in laws that empower some and disempower others. Each of the core institutions of concern to scholars of comparative politics is covered in the text -constitutions, political parties, executives, legislatures, militaries, and interest groups, each gets its due- but the book also includes essays on equally important subjects of a less overtly structural nature regarding trust, perception, and citizenship. [...] (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Foreword
Nancy Bermeo
Acknowledgments
- Introducing the Concept of Authoritarian Legacies
Paola Cesarini & Katherine Hite
- Problematizing the Links between Authoritarian Legacies and "Good" Democracy
Katherine Hite & Leonardo Morlino
- Authoritarian Legacies and Market Reforms in Latin America
Frances Hagopian
- Legacies of Injustice in Italy and Argentina
Paola Cesarini
- Historical Memory and Authoritarian Legacies in Processes of Political Change: Spain and Chile
Paloma Aguilar & Katherine Hite
- Authoritarian Legacies: The Military's Role
Felipe Aguero
- The Persistence of the Mano Dura: Authoritarian Legacies and Policing in Brazil and the Southern Cone
Anthony W. Pereira & Mark Ungar
- Latin American Citizenship: Civic Microfoundations in Historical Perspective
Consuelo Cruz
- Conclusion: Toward an Institutionalist and Cultural Synthesis
Paola Cesarini & Katherine Hite
Contributors
Index