POL112H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Path Dependence, Democracy Promotion, George Tsebelis
7 Jul 2016
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Democratization in latin america (mainwaring and perez linan: in the 60s and 70s common government was controlled by military, 1980"s thirdwave democracy spread across latin america, 80s and 90s almost all of latin america was democratic. Has had a mixed record since 2000. Democracy has eroded in venezuela, ecuador, bolivia, and nicaragua. Honduras experienced a coup and democratic breakdown in 2009. Democracy remains weak in guatemala, haiti, and paraguay: haiti difficulty with functioning government, earthquake. Democracy is stronger in brazil, chile, costa rica, uruguay, Mexico, and qa: mexico and brazil some would argue that democracy is eroding, brazil president some argue that she is not corrupt and that if she gets removed someone worse will come in. Cuba remains the only closed authoritarian state revolutionary regimes, communist country, heavily socialist, there is just 1 party system, lack of freedoms. Bolivia, ecuador, and nicaragua have followed the venezuelan pattern. Presidents were elected as older established parties were rapidly losing ground.
