The Politics of Antipolitics - The Military in Latin America

Latin America is moving toward democracy. But is the civilian government firmly in power? Or is the military still influencing policy and holding the elected politicians in check under the guise of guarding against corruption, instability, economic uncertainty, and other excesses of democracy? The editors of this work, Brian Loveman and Thomas M. Davies, Jr., argue that with or without direct military rule, antipolitics persists as a foundation of Latin American politics. This study examines the origins of antipolitics, traces its nineteenth- and twentieth-century history, and focuses on the years from 1965 to 1995 to emphasize the somewhat illusory transitions to democracy. This third edition of The Politics of Antipolitics has been revised and updated to focus on the post-Cold War era.

List of contents

Part 1 I. Military Antipolitics and the Latin American Tradition Part 2 II. The Latin American Nation-State and the Creation of Professional Military Establishments Part 3 III. The Military and Latin American Politics, 1919-1945

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Edited by Thomas Davies and Brian Loveman

Product details

• Assisted by: Thomas Davies (Editor), Brian Loveman (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1997
• EAN: 9780842026116
• ISBN: 978-0-8420-2611-6
• No. of pages: 442
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 713 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories