Civil-military relations in Latin America : new analytical perspectives / edited by David Pion-Berlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pion-Berlin, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil-military relations--Latin America--Case studies.

Civil-military relations.

Democratization--Latin America--Case studies.

Democratization.

Latin America.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2001]

Contents:

Reason, culture, or structure?: Assessing civil-military dynamics in Brazil / Wendy Hunter

Military attitudes toward democracy in Latin America: how do we know if anything has changed? / J. Samuel Fitch

Latin America: objective and subjective control revisited / Ernesto López

The organizational dymanics of militaries and military movements: paths to power in Venezuela / Deborah L. Norden

Civil-military circumvention: how Argentine state institutions compensate for a weakened chain of command / David Pion-Berlin

Crafting civilian control in Argentian and Venezuela / Harold A. Trinkunas

Institutions, transitions, and bargaining: civilians in the military in shaping post-authoritarian regimes / Felipe Agüero

Latin American economic integration and democratic control of the military: is there a symbiotic relationship? / David R. Mares

Historical foundations of civil-military relations in Spanish America / Brian Loveman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-290) and index.

ISBN:

0807826561

0807849812

OCLC:

46810952