Resurgent Democracy and the Guatemalan Military

Bibliographic Data

ID3595688
AuthorsJim Handy (0000-0001-6593-7441, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume18
Issue2
Pages383-408
Publication date1986-11-01
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/s0022216x00012074
OpenAlexW2094915630
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited22

During 1984 and 1985 there was much discussion of an apparent 'resurgence' of democracy in many countries in Latin America. As the military handed over the reins of government to elected civilian rulers in Honduras, El Salvador and Argentina, and steps toward the same end were taken in Uruguay and Brazil, the American media and the Reagan administration - conveniently forgetting its earlier support for military dictatorship - began to speak glowingly of a new 'Latin spring

Administration (probate law) · Democracy · Development economics · Dictatorship · Economic history · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Latin Americans · Military government · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spring (device) · History · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

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