Authoritarian regimes in Latin America; dictators, despots, and tyrants.0742537390 Authoritarian regimes in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ; dictators, despots, and tyrants. Lewis, Paul H. Rowman & Littlefield 2006 259 pages $26.95 Paperback Jaguar books on Latin America series JL966 Taking a broadly chronological approach to the topic, Lewis (emeritus, political science, Tulane U.) explores the historical and political contexts for the development of differing forms of Latin American authoritarianism. He first explores the caudillo caudillo (kôdēl`yō Span. kouthē`yō), [Span.,= military strongman], type of South American political leader that arose with the 19th-century wars of independence. era in Chile, Paraguay, and Brazil as a precursor to the emergence of centralized national dictatorships such as Mexico under Porfirio Diaz and Venezuela under Juan Vicente Gomez. The Mexican Revolution Mexican Revolution (1910–20) Lengthy struggle that began with the overthrow of Porfirio Díaz, whose elitist and oligarchic policies had caused widespread dissatisfaction. of 1910 and the 1952 Bolivian Revolution are analyzed as two of the points when the masses entered politics and then "corporatism corporatism Theory and practice of organizing the whole of society into corporate entities subordinate to the state. According to the theory, employers and employees would be organized into industrial and professional corporations serving as organs of political " is discussed as means utilized by the elites to incorporate the working masses into politics. Communist and socialist leaders such as Fidel Castro Noun 1. Fidel Castro - Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927) Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz and Salvador Allende are explored, followed by discussions of the military dictatorships of Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina in the 1970s and 80s. He concludes with an exploration of the prospects of democracy in Latin America. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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