Political Behavior and Political Parties
In 2005 Hugo Chávez began his continuous power grabbing up until the publication of this article in 2007. During his presidency, Venezuela had a weak checks and balances system that allowed Chávez to gradually gain control of more aspects of…
Democratic Consolidation
O’Donnell and Schmitter describe that a transition is over when “abnormality” is no longer a central role in the political arena. Normality that the describe is where actors obey a set group of rules to govern. However, as they continued…
Authoritarianism to Democracy
Transitions from Authoritarianism to Democracy create a time frame of uncertainty in Latin America. O’Donnell and Schmitter makes the arguments in the piece on transitions. They are alone in alluding to transitions as ones that move from the certainty of authoritarian…
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