Government 1295 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 5 Reading: Forced Disappearance, Neoconservatism
18 Jun 2018
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Remmer’s#article#discusses#the#social#and#economic#factors#that#led#to#the#
differences#between#the#military#regimes#established#in#the#60s#and#70s.#She#
differentiates#between#exclusionary#(that#doesn’t#negotiate#support#of#both#elite# and#
popular#sectors)#and#inclusionary#(insures#a#broader#coalition#supporting#it)#military#
regimes.#Exclusionary#military#regimes#are#most#likely#to#emerge#at#relatively#low#and#
advanced#levels#of#industrialization,#urbanization,#and#educational#attainment,#where#
social#groups#are#fighting#against#each#other,#so#it’s#easy#to#dominate#the#unstable#
situation.#Inclusionary#military#regimes,#on#the#other#hand,#are#most#likely#to#emerge#
at#middle#levels#of#socioeconomic#modernization#where#severe#cleavages#between#
various#socioeconomic#strata#do#not#exist.#Remmer#also#questions#O’Donnell’s#theory#
of#the#socio-economic#reasons#behind#democratic#breakdowns.#Another#author#who#
criticizes# GOD’s#argument#is Schaims,#who#argues#that#the#military#regimes#of#the#70s#
should#not#be#seen#as#Bureaucratic#Authoritarian,#but#as#Neoconservative.#He#sees#
this#neo-conservatism#as#similar#in#tradition#to#that#of#Reagan#and#Thatcher#in#its#
focus#on#economic#liberalization#and#privatization.#The#latter#two#articles#discuss#the#
repressive#measures#of#military#regimes. Nunca.Más is#a#shockingly#detailed#official#
report#published#after#President#Alfonsín’s#initiative#to#launch#investigations#that#
would#expose#those#responsible#for#the#murdering#and#torturing#of#‘desaparecidos’#
between#1976#and#1983.
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Document Summary
Remmer"s article discusses the social and economic factors that led to the differences between the military regimes established in the 60s and 70s. She differentiates between exclusionary (that doesn"t negotiate support of both elite and popular sectors) and inclusionary (insures a broader coalition supporting it) military regimes. Exclusionary military regimes are most likely to emerge at relatively low and advanced levels of industrialization, urbanization, and educational attainment, where social groups are fighting against each other, so it"s easy to dominate the unstable situation. Inclusionary military regimes, on the other hand, are most likely to emerge at middle levels of socioeconomic modernization where severe cleavages between various socioeconomic strata do not exist. Remmer also questions o"donnell"s theory of the socio-economic reasons behind democratic breakdowns. Another author who criticizes god"s argument is schaims, who argues that the military regimes of the 70s should not be seen as bureaucratic authoritarian, but as neoconservative.
