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Alfred Stepan
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Authoritarianism
Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazilian Army
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Civil society
Civil-military relations
Coup d'etat
De facto
Decree
Democracy
Democratic consolidation
Democratization
Dictatorship
Direct election
Election
Employment
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Ernesto Geisel
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Golbery do Couto e Silva
Government
Great power
Guillermo O'Donnell
Head of state
Hegemony
Ideology
Incumbent
Institution
Intelligence agency
Internal security
Latin America
Legislature
Legitimacy (political)
Liberalization
Media bias
Military budget
Military dictatorship
Military doctrine
Military engineering
Military organization
Military strategy
Military-industrial complex
Monopoly on violence
National security
Nomination
O Estado de S. Paulo
Opposition Party
Organizational structure
Party leader
Political Affairs (magazine)
Political party
Politician
Politics
Polyarchy
Prerogative
President of Brazil
Regime
Security community
Security forces
Social movement
Social science
Spanish transition to democracy
State (polity)
State-owned enterprise
Subversion
Tancredo Neves
The New York Times
Totalitarianism
United States Intelligence Community
Warfare
Product details
- ISBN 9780691022741
- Weight: 198g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 21 Mar 1988
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The last four years have seen a remarkable resurgence of democracy in the Southern Cone of the Americas. Military regimes have been replaced in Argentina (1983), Uruguay (1985), and Brazil (1985). Despite great interest in these new democracies, the role of the military in the process of transition has been under-theorized and under-researched. Alfred Stepan, one of the best-known analysts of the military in politics, examines some of the reasons for this neglect and takes a new look at themes raised in his earlier work on the state, the breakdown of democracy, and the military. The reader of this book will gain a fresh understanding of new democracies and democratic movements throughout the world and their attempts to understand and control the military. An earlier version of this book has been a controversial best seller in Brazil. To examine the Brazilian case, the author uses a variety of new archival material and interviews, with comparative data from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Spain.
Brazilian military leaders had consolidated their hold on governmental power by strengthening the military-crafted intelligence services, but they eventually found these same intelligence systems to be a formidable threat. Professor Stepan explains how redemocratization occurred as the military reached into the civil sector for allies in its struggle against the growing influence of the intelligence community. He also explores dissension within the military and the continuing conflicts between the military and the civilian government.
