Blog Post#3: Consolidation of democracy in Latin America, Case study of Peru
Democracy has become a major political system in contemporary world. Nations which survived the cause of transition from authoritarianism to democracy still continue to struggle with consolidating democracy. Because authoritarian tendencies continue to influence their political decisions, actions and…
The Importance of Strong Political Parties
The reading for this week by Levitsky and Cameron discusses the importance of political parties in Latin America, and I agree with the major points made in the article. Levitsky and Cameron that strong political parties are what help keep…
Democratic Consolidation
This coming week we will be discussing the idea of democratic consolidation within Latin America. Our required reading looks at the specific case of Peru in the late 20th century, where its president Alberto Fujimori led the 1992 autogolpe. This…
Democracies without Political Parties?
This week’s reading was mostly focused on the relevance of political parties in democracies with a special historical emphasis on Peru around the Fujimori regime. Letvitsky and Cameron address the importance that the political party has in keeping a democracy…
Week 7: Democratic Consolidation
This week’s reading was interesting because it focused on the Peruvian aspect of democratic consolidation. Throughout the 1990s, all Latin American countries were democratic, and Peru was the only one of these countries to experience a regime breakdown. Levitsky and Cameron…