The Mechanics of Regime Instability in Latin America Mecanismos de inestabilidad de régimen en América Latina

The paper is narrowly addressed to a single puzzle: How did it happen that countries that attempted to install democracy earlier enjoyed it less frequently? Regime dynamics are driven by two mechanisms: (1) Democracies become more durable as per capita income increases, and (2) Past experiences with...

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Main Author: Adam Przeworski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-04-01
Series:Journal of Politics in Latin America
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Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/20