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Much as Augusto Pinochets 1973 coup in Chile stood as a symbol of the challenges of an earlier period, Alberto Fujimoris 1992 presidential coup became a symbol of the present challenges of democratization in Latin America and the world. In this authoritative book, Charles D. Kenney explores why and how democracy broke down in Peru in 1992. His analysis of Peruvian politics sheds light on the problems of democratic stability in new democracies and points to strategies for preventing future failures in other countries. Kenneys central argument is that institutional factorsespecially the absence of a legislative majorityplayed a crucial role in the collapse of democracy in Peru in 1992 and throughout Latin America over the last forty years. This argument, which is theoretically and politically controversial in the case of Peru, is examined alongside alternative explanations of Fujimoris coup. Kenney tests the Peruvian case study in a cross-national assessment of democratic breakdowns in Latin America since 1960. Containing a unique compilation of original quantitative data, Fujimoris Coup and the Breakdown of Democracy in Latin America is the only book-length study to treat this subje

Author

Charles Kenney; Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Publisher

Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780268031725

Subjects

Political Science, History, Social_sciences