Examining the Military in the Local Sphere
Colombia and Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4944326 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleida Ferreyra (Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research), Renata Segura (Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 18-35 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0094582x0002700202 |
| OpenAlex | W2118661266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 3 |
The relation between the military and the democratic regimes has been central to studies of the political systems of Latin America. While in countries such as Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia the emphasis has been on the transition from authoritarian to civilian rule, in Colombia and Mexico the situation has been different. Here, the military has not attempted to take over the state apparatus in more than 50 years, and the likelihood of a coup is minimal. However, in the past few years Mexico and Colombia have come to share some characteristics that indicate increasing conflict: increase in poverty, high levels of violence, extensive illicit drug trafficking, and political corruption. In both of them, although to varying degrees, the military has been acquiring more and more importance in the political arena
Authoritarianism · Criminology · Democracy · Development economics · Drug trafficking · Economics · Language change · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · State (computer science) · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia · History and Politics in Latin America · International Relations in Latin America · Law
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2021 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |