Transitions from authoritarian rule Latin America - O'Donnell, Guillermo A.; Schmitter, Philippe C.; Whitehead, Laurence; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Latin American Program (Baltimore, Maryland The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986)
Introduction to the Latin American cases / Guillermo O'Donnell -- Political cycles in Argentina since 1955 / Marcelo Cavarozzi -- Bolivia's failed democratization, 1977-1980 / Laurence Whitehead -- The "liberalization" of authoritarian rule in Brazil / Luciano Martins -- The political evolution of the Chilean military regime and problems in the transition to democracy / Manuel Antonio Garretón -- Political liberalization in an authoritarian regime; the case of Mexico / Kevin J. Middlebrook -- Military interventions and "transfer of power to civilians" in Peru / Julio Cotler -- Uruguay's transition from collegial military-technocratic rule / Charles G. Gillespie -- Petroleum and political pacts : the transition to democracy in Venezuela / Terry Lynn Karl.
Papers originally commissioned for a conference sponsored by the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars between 1979 and 1981.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index.
Keywords: Representative government and representation -- Latin America -- Case studies; Authoritarianism -- Latin America -- Case studies; Democracy -- Case studies