Revolution and reaction : the diffusion of authoritarianism in Latin America /
Kurt Weyland.
Bok Engelsk 2019 Kurt Gerhard Weyland,· Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Mar 2019).. - The difficulty of accounting for reverse waves -- A theory of reactionary waves -- Revolution and the reactionary backlash in Latin America -- Diffusion effects of the Cuban revolution -- Waves of radicalization and reaction -- The imposition of institutional authoritarianism -- Horizontal diffusion and vertical promotion in the autocratic wave -- Comparative perspectives and theoretical conclusions -- Reactionary waves across history.. - Why did so many Latin American leftists believe they could replicate the Cuban Revolution in their own countries, and why did so many rightists fear the spread of Communism? Cognitive-psychological insights about people's distorted inferences and skewed interest calculations explain why the left held exaggerated hopes and why the right experienced excessive dread. The resulting polarization provoked a powerful backlash in which the right uniformly defeated the left. To forestall the feared spread of revolution, the military in many countries imposed authoritarian regimes and brutally suppressed left-wingers. Overly worried about the advance of Cuban-inspired radicalism as well, the United States condoned and supported the installation of dictatorship, but Latin American elites took the main initiative in these regressive regime changes. With a large number of primary and secondary sources, this book documents how the misperceptions on both sides of the ideological divide thus played a crucial role in the frequent destruction of democracy.
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| ISBN | 1-108-68066-6. - 1-108-69282-6
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