Fujimori's Coup and the Breakdown of Democracy in Latin America

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ID6317847
AuthorsCarol Wise (0000-0002-6790-2194, Southern California University for Professional Studies, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume2
Issue4
Pages871-872
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives on Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1537592704610589
OpenAlexW2162859310
LanguageEN
Citations received13

Fujimori's Coup and the Breakdown of Democracy in Latin America. By Charles D. Kenney. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. 379p. $60.00 cloth, $30.00 paper. In this book on Peruvian politics, Charles Kenney leaves few stones unturned in analyzing the various factors that led to the suspension of the country's constitution and the disbanding of the legislature by President Alberto Fujimori in April 1992. While I am not entirely convinced that this particular episode in Peruvian politics warrants the book-length treatment that it has received here, Kenney has done a commendable job of locating Peru's “autogolpe” (or civilian-inflicted coup) within the broader literature on the breakdown of democratic regimes in Latin America

Constitution · Democracy · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Latin Americans · Legislature · Political science · Politics · History · International Relations in Latin America · Law

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