Transitions to Electoral Regimes and the Future of Civil-Military Relations in Argentina and Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4500658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mario E Carranza (0009-0001-2241-6811, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 7-25 |
| Publication date | 1997-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x9702400502 |
| OpenAlex | W1993435598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
Although there is a considerable literature on transitions to democracy in Latin America, little effort has been made to analyze transformations of states and that have accompanied democratization. James Petras and Morris Morley have proposed a class-analysis-in-world-historicalperspective method for examining the electoral [in Latin America in 1990s] in relation to institutional and economic continuities with previous military and in relation to civic society and sociopolitical movements derived from electoral regimes (1992: 1). My approach is similar to theirs. The resilience of electoral in 1980s and 1990s and certain institutional continuities, such as undemocratic economic policymaking, have been noted (see, e.g., Smith, 1991), but survival of these in face of severely adverse economic conditions and absence of successful military coups against incumbent elected presidents in 1980s and early 1990s have yet to be explained.' In this article I attempt to fill this gap. I argue that democratization processes in Argentina and Brazil are characterized by continuity in form of state2 and a transformation in form of regime and that a new internationalized state is emerging in both countries. I discuss inadequacies of liberal literature on democratization, consider progressive disempowerment of state as part of U.S. strategy with regard to Latin America, and discuss five scenarios for civil-military relations in Argentina and Brazil at turn of century
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |