US hegemony and regime change in Latin America

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ID6254501
AuthorsLuis Schenoni (0000-0001-6770-2136, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA, corresponding author), Scott Mainwaring (0000-0003-2729-8049, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA)
Year2019
Volume26
Issue2
Pages269-287
Publication date2019-02-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemocratization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13510347.2018.1516754
OpenAlexW2890470634
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited32

We contribute to the extensive literature on international influences on democratization and democratic breakdowns by conceptualizing hegemonic mechanisms of regime change and assessing them empirically. Our findings are based on a multi-methods approach and highlight the varying importance of hegemonic influences in post-1945 Latin America. We argue that US support for democratization was consistent in the wave of transitions to democracy that began in Latin America in 1978 and that it was decisive in many of these transitions. While past work has attributed responsibility to the US for the waves of democratic breakdowns from 1948 to 1956 and 1964 to 1976, an examination of the 27 breakdowns from 1945 to 2010 gives reason to doubt this interpretation. Future research could use these conceptual and methodological tools to explore the role of other powers in waves of democracy and authoritarianism

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Hegemony · Interpretation (philosophy · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Regime change · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America

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