Description |
xiv, 354 p. ; 24 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : elite transformations and democratic regimes / Michael Burton, Richard Gunther, and John Higley -- Spain : the very model of the modern elite settlement / Richard Gunther -- Elite settlements and democratic consolidation : Colombia, Costa Rica, and Venezuela / John A. Peeler -- Mexico's elite settlement : conjecture and consequences / Alan Knight -- Elite unification and democratic consolidation in Italy : a historical overview / Maurizio Cotta -- The role of civil-military pacts in elite settlements and elite convergence : democratic consolidation in Uruguay / Charles Guy Gillespie -- Patterns of elite negotiation and confrontation in Argentina and Chile / Marcelo Cavarozzi -- Elites in an unconsolidated democracy : Peru during the 1980s / Henry Dietz -- Brazil's political transition / Thomas Bruneau -- Redefining the Portuguese transition to democracy / Lawrence S. Graham. |
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The Dominican case / Peter M. Sanchez -- Elites and democratic consolidation in Latin America and southern Europe : an overview / Michael Burton, Richard Gunther, and John Higley. |
Subject |
Elite (Social sciences) -- Latin America -- Political activity.
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Europe, Southern -- Political activity.
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Democracy.
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Latin America -- Politics and government.
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Europe, Southern -- Politics and government.
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Added Author |
Higley, John.
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Gunther, Richard.
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ISBN |
0521424224 (pbk.) |
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0521413745 |
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