Radicals, Reformers, and Reactionaries - The Prisoner's Dilemma and the Collapse of Democracy in Latin America

List of Figures Acknowledgments 1: Introduction 2: Structural Explanation 3: Structural Explanations of Democratic Breakdown 4: Rational-Choice Explanation 5: The Prisoner's Dilemma and the Collapse of Democracy 6: Breakdown before Reforms: Brazil 7: Reforms before Breakdown: Chile 8: Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Summary

In this application of game theory to political phenomena, Cohen focuses on Chile and Brazil. He explores why democratic reforms failed in Latin America, arguing that political outcomes cannot be explained without treating beliefs and preferences as having a causal force in their own right.

Product details

• Authors: Youssef Cohen, Cohen Youssef
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1994
• EAN: 9780226112725
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11272-5
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 14 mm x 22 mm x 1 mm
• Weight: 284 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Chile, Brazil, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, game theory, Political science and theory, Central America, Mexico and Central America