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The Mechanics of Regime Instability in Latin America
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Przeworski, Adam |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | 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 democracy destabilize both democracies and autocracies. As a result, countries that experiment with democracy at lower income levels experience more regime instability. Moreover, until they reach some income threshold, at any time such countries are less likely to be democratic than countries that first enter democracy when they have higher incomes. Hence, paradoxically, the resistance of European monarchies against democracy resulted in democracies that were more stable than those following post-independence attempts in Latin America. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1866802X0900100102?download=true |
| Starting Page | 5 |
| Ending Page | 36 |
| Page Count | 32 |
| ISSN | 1866802X |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 1 |
| Journal | Journal of Politics in Latin America (PLA) |
| e-ISSN | 18684890 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1866802X0900100102 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2009-04-01 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © 2009 SAGE Publications Ltd |
| Subject Keyword | democracy regime instability Latin America |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations |
