Constitutionalism and dictatorship : Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 constitution / Robert Barros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barros, Robert, 1957- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy ; 4.

Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Chile.

Constitutional history.

Civil-military relations--Chile--History.

Civil-military relations.

Chile--Politics and government--1973-1988.

Chile.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Constitutionalism & Dictatorship

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is widely believed that autocratic regimes cannot limit their power through institutions of their own making. This book presents a surprising challenge to this view. It demonstrates that the Chilean armed forces were constrained by institutions of their own design. Based on extensive documentation of military decision-making, much of it long classified and unavailable, this book reconstructs the politics of institutions within the recent Chilean dictatorship (1973-1990). It examines the structuring of institutions at the apex of the military junta, the relationship of military rule with the prior constitution, the intra-military conflicts that led to the promulgation of the 1980 constitution, the logic of institutions contained in the new constitution, and how the constitution constrained the military junta after it went into force in 1981. This provocative account reveals the standard account of the dictatorship as a personalist regime with power concentrated in Pinochet to be grossly inaccurate.

Contents:

Chapter Five Constitutionalization without Transition: Prompting the Dual Constitution of 1980Chapter Six The Permanent Text: Constitutional Controls or Military Tutelage?; Chapter Seven Even Custom Shoes Bind: Military Rule under the Constitution, 1981...1988; Chapter Eight Military Dictatorship and Constitutionalism in Chile; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-340) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12178-7

1-280-43279-9

0-511-17661-9

0-511-02090-2

0-511-15750-9

0-511-30453-6

0-511-60629-X

0-511-04699-5

OCLC:

475914811