Authoritarianism or Democracy in Latin America?
After reading Collier and Chapter 3, there are some ideas about the construction of Authoritarian regimes in Latin America that I want to discuss. Firstly, it was interesting to read about the relationship between industrialization and political transformations. Collier parts from…
The Correlation of Power – Militaries and Citizens
There appears to be a consensus that the foundations of the present forms of democracy can be attributed to the use of primarily military authoritarian regimes solving the historically authoritarian forms of government (i.e. aristocracy and oligarchy). The debate is…
Popularity of Populism
I thought the link between industrialization and the election of a populist candidate/ activation of the popular sector was a link that was fun to think through. It initially made me consider why populist candidates were not elected from industrialized…
Military and Authoritarianism in Latin America
In Collier’s piece, he presents an argument that attempts to explain the rise of authoritarian and military regimes in specific areas of Latin America. Collier presents analysis from Guillermo O’Donnell in which three elements (regime qualities, nature of the politically…
Relationship between Democratization and Development, is there a need for causation?
Even if the waves of democratization in Latin America raise important questions regarding the endurability of democracy versus the other regime types, Fukuyama, Valenzuela and Valenzuela, and Smith, also consider questions about the relationship (whether causal or not) between democracy…
Perspectives on Underdevelopment and Regime Change in Latin America
Cycle One (1900-1939) was characterized by widespread oligarchy in Latin America. The move away from oligarchy seems to have left lasting effects until it completely disappeared. The elites maintained political power and control, while working class and middle class individuals…
The Race of the World Economy
Although the perspectives of modernization and dependency contradict each other on basically everything, one can see merit in both. The bias in both is obvious as well. Given the fact that modernization was an outside perspective and that dependency is…
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Welcome to the PS 4240: Latin American Politics blog. Students will use this medium throughout the semester to post reflections on the course content and current events in the region.
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