Understanding Political Change After Authoritarian Rule

The Popular Sectors and Chile's New Democratic Regime

Bibliographic Data

ID3246463
AuthorsPhilip Oxhorn (Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume26
Issue3
Pages737-759
Publication date1994-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x00008580
OpenAlexW1983315820
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited17

When Patricio Aylwin accepted the Chilean presidential sash in March 1990 an era in Latin American politics dominated by authoritarian regimes came to an end. Virtually every country in the region now had to grapple with the complicated task of consolidating fragile democratic regimes. Surprisingly, given what may be the emergence of a new democratic era, one is hardpressed even to begin answering an obvious question: How will years of non-democratic rule affect future efforts to establish democratic political processes in their wake? Despite recent attention to the ways in which different types of transition process affect the prospects for democracy, the impact of authoritarian rule on subsequent political processes remains largely unstudied

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Sociology · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

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