GOVT 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jorge Rafael Videla, Import Substitution Industrialization, James Ensor
4 Apr 2016
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In topic four we addressed the causes and effects of the wave of military coups across latin america during the 1960s-1970s. Following the economic expansion brought on by import substitution industrialization (isi) elites became wary of the increasingly organized middle and working classes. Karen remmer illustrates the problem with over generalizing about these different regimes, and describes the two broad categories under which they fall: inclusionary and exclusionary. Our case studies, with the exceptions of venezuela and mexico, saw both inclusionary and exclusionary military coups executed under a variety of socioeconomic and political contexts. What remained constant in either style of coup was polarization between the haves" and the have-nots". Argentina"s general jorge videla took power in 1976 to restore stability to an economy that was unable to sustain itself under isi as inflation skyrocketed to over. In order to do so the regime indiscriminately repressed all opposition, from cracking down on unions to disappearing" university students.
