Gilbert W Merkx
Biographic Data
| ID | 689063 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gilbert W Merkx |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gilbert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Merkx |
| SIGNATURE | MERKX G W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-7321-9608 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Russia's War in Ukraine
The various stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and of Ukrainian responses, are analyzed in terms of two decisive factors: 1) force structures and 2) command and control. Both these factors are in turn conditioned by characteristics of the governing political regime and the evolution of that regime
The Chilean Political Process
This book focuses on Chilean politics, the processes that have shaped them, and their relation to Chilean society, analyzing the Chilean military regime from 1973 until 1987 and addressing the authoritarian capitalist nature of the military regimes in the Southern Cone during the 1960s and 1970s
Area and International Studies
The Chilean Political Process
The Jewish Presence in Latin America
The Populist Challenge
Class, State, and Industrial Structure
Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism Revisited
With the publication in 1973 of Modernization and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism: Studies in South American Politics, Guillermo O'Donnell initiated a new phase in the debate over the relationship between social change and politics in Latin America. In contrast to most of the political development literature of the 1950s and 1960s, O'Donnell argued that social and economic modernization in the context of delayed development is more likely to lead t…
Testimonios
Argentine Social Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Social Consequences of Modernization in Communist Societies
Elites and Economic Development
This book is a detailed comparative analysis of development politics in four urban regions of Latin America, two in Mexico and two in Colombia. John Walton has based his studies on the assumption that the problems of economic growth are essentially political, that is, are problems of choice, decision-making, and the exercise of power. His fundamental purpose has been to discover how elites of different kinds are more and less successful in the pr…
Two Democratic Labor Leaders in Conflict
Greedy Institutions
Argentina
In recent months the endemic Argentine political crisis has intensified. The broad base of support for the nominally Peronist regime of Isabel Martinez de Peron has distintegrated. Social conflict exists in the form of armed clashes, mass demonstrations, strikes, parliamentary manoeuvering, assassinations, and military pressure on the regime. Economic conditions are worsening, inflation has reached new levels, and the government has been unable t…
The Human Condition in Latin America
Cultivating Revolution. The United States and Agrarian Reform in Latin America
Recessions and Rebellions in Argentina, 1870-1970
THE REVOLUTION of September 5, 1930, is generally considered a turning point in Argentine political development because it marked the first in a long series of military coups. During the fifty years prior to the revolution of 1930, there was not a single successful rebellion against the central government; national politics were characterized by civilian leadership and the regular constitutional change of presidents.' In contrast, since 1930 no c…
A Response to Merkx's "Revolution in America?"; Rejoinder
Sociologists at their most conventional are the chroniclers of systematic contemporary gossip; some do not progress much further even when they "go radical." Sociology, the field that nurtures them, is usually devoid of theoretical basis, is historically shallow, and, when not directly antithetical to Marxism, is certainly ignorant of it. Not surprisingly then, the "radicalization" of sociology has led to a proliferation of social ideas which, wh…
Revolution in America
At various times in the history of complex societies, established social orders are challenged by growing discontent and the ferment of new ideas. Unthinkable thoughts become tenable. Sacred institutions are profaned. The very nature of the moral order comes under attack. Old ways of thinking, talking, and doing things are threatened by new forms of consciousness.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent arti…
Situación actual de la universidad norteamericana
No abstract available. ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 26, No. 272, 1971: 333-338
Revolución, conciencia y clase
Commentaries
I am convinced that Professor Mamalakis' paper presents a framework which is potentially useful for the social analysis of developed as well as developing societies. The framework generates models. Models cannot, of course, be true or false, but predictions derived from their applications to concrete societal situations can be borne out to a greater or lesser extent. If predictions are found true in a variety of cases, then the model is productiv…
A Strategy for Research on Social Policy. Vol I of The Politics of Change in Venezuela
Constructive Change in Latin America
Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism Revisited
With the publication in 1973 of Modernization and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism: Studies in South American Politics, Guillermo O'Donnell initiated a new phase in the debate over the relationship between social change and politics in Latin America. In contrast to most of the political development literature of the 1950s and 1960s, O'Donnell argued that social and economic modernization in the context of delayed development is more likely to lead t…
Recessions and Rebellions in Argentina, 1870-1970
THE REVOLUTION of September 5, 1930, is generally considered a turning point in Argentine political development because it marked the first in a long series of military coups. During the fifty years prior to the revolution of 1930, there was not a single successful rebellion against the central government; national politics were characterized by civilian leadership and the regular constitutional change of presidents.' In contrast, since 1930 no c…
The Chilean Political Process
This book focuses on Chilean politics, the processes that have shaped them, and their relation to Chilean society, analyzing the Chilean military regime from 1973 until 1987 and addressing the authoritarian capitalist nature of the military regimes in the Southern Cone during the 1960s and 1970s
Sectoral Clashes and Political Change
Since 1929 Argentina has undergone a remarkable series of political and economic changes. During the twenties it was a showcase of economic growth based on export expansion, as well as a model of bourgeois democracy in its parliamentary form. Yet that Argentina now lies in the distant past, and nowadays the name Argentina is likely to conjure up military coups and economic stagnation. This transformation deserves more attention than it has yet re…
Argentine Social Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Commentaries
I am convinced that Professor Mamalakis' paper presents a framework which is potentially useful for the social analysis of developed as well as developing societies. The framework generates models. Models cannot, of course, be true or false, but predictions derived from their applications to concrete societal situations can be borne out to a greater or lesser extent. If predictions are found true in a variety of cases, then the model is productiv…
A Strategy for Research on Social Policy. Vol I of The Politics of Change in Venezuela
Constructive Change in Latin America
Sectoral Clashes and Political Change
Since 1929 Argentina has undergone a remarkable series of political and economic changes. During the twenties it was a showcase of economic growth based on export expansion, as well as a model of bourgeois democracy in its parliamentary form. Yet that Argentina now lies in the distant past, and nowadays the name Argentina is likely to conjure up military coups and economic stagnation. This transformation deserves more attention than it has yet re…
Situación actual de la universidad norteamericana
No abstract available. ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 26, No. 272, 1971: 333-338
Revolución, conciencia y clase
A Response to Merkx's "Revolution in America?"; Rejoinder
Sociologists at their most conventional are the chroniclers of systematic contemporary gossip; some do not progress much further even when they "go radical." Sociology, the field that nurtures them, is usually devoid of theoretical basis, is historically shallow, and, when not directly antithetical to Marxism, is certainly ignorant of it. Not surprisingly then, the "radicalization" of sociology has led to a proliferation of social ideas which, wh…
Revolution in America
At various times in the history of complex societies, established social orders are challenged by growing discontent and the ferment of new ideas. Unthinkable thoughts become tenable. Sacred institutions are profaned. The very nature of the moral order comes under attack. Old ways of thinking, talking, and doing things are threatened by new forms of consciousness.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent arti…
Cultivating Revolution. The United States and Agrarian Reform in Latin America
Recessions and Rebellions in Argentina, 1870-1970
THE REVOLUTION of September 5, 1930, is generally considered a turning point in Argentine political development because it marked the first in a long series of military coups. During the fifty years prior to the revolution of 1930, there was not a single successful rebellion against the central government; national politics were characterized by civilian leadership and the regular constitutional change of presidents.' In contrast, since 1930 no c…
The Human Condition in Latin America
Two Democratic Labor Leaders in Conflict
Greedy Institutions
Argentina
In recent months the endemic Argentine political crisis has intensified. The broad base of support for the nominally Peronist regime of Isabel Martinez de Peron has distintegrated. Social conflict exists in the form of armed clashes, mass demonstrations, strikes, parliamentary manoeuvering, assassinations, and military pressure on the regime. Economic conditions are worsening, inflation has reached new levels, and the government has been unable t…
Social Consequences of Modernization in Communist Societies
Elites and Economic Development
This book is a detailed comparative analysis of development politics in four urban regions of Latin America, two in Mexico and two in Colombia. John Walton has based his studies on the assumption that the problems of economic growth are essentially political, that is, are problems of choice, decision-making, and the exercise of power. His fundamental purpose has been to discover how elites of different kinds are more and less successful in the pr…
Argentine Social Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Testimonios
Class, State, and Industrial Structure
Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism Revisited
With the publication in 1973 of Modernization and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism: Studies in South American Politics, Guillermo O'Donnell initiated a new phase in the debate over the relationship between social change and politics in Latin America. In contrast to most of the political development literature of the 1950s and 1960s, O'Donnell argued that social and economic modernization in the context of delayed development is more likely to lead t…
The Populist Challenge
The Jewish Presence in Latin America
The Chilean Political Process
Area and International Studies
The Chilean Political Process
This book focuses on Chilean politics, the processes that have shaped them, and their relation to Chilean society, analyzing the Chilean military regime from 1973 until 1987 and addressing the authoritarian capitalist nature of the military regimes in the Southern Cone during the 1960s and 1970s
Political science (22 works) · Law (15 works) · Economics (12 works) · Political economy (11 works) · Politics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Latin Americans (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · History (6 works)