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Constitutionalism and dictatorship : Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 constitution /
"It is widely believed that autocratic regimes cannot limit their powers through institutions of their own making. This book presents a surprising challenge to this view. It demonstrates that the Chilean armed forces were constrained by institutions of their own design. Based on extensive docum...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "It is widely believed that autocratic regimes cannot limit their powers through institutions of their own making. This book presents a surprising challenge to this view. It demonstrates that the Chilean armed forces were constrained by institutions of their own design. Based on extensive documentation of military decision making, much of it long classified and previously unavailable, this book reconstructs the politics of institutions within the recent Chilean dictatorship (1973-1990) It examines the structuring of institutions at the apex of the military Junta, the relationship of military rule with the prior constitution, the intra-military conflicts that led to the promulgation of the 1980 constitution, the logic of institutions contained in the new constitution, and how the constitution constrained the military Junta after it went into force in 1981. This provocative account reveals the standard account of the dictatorship as a personalist regime with power concentrated in Pinochet to be grossly inaccurate."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 349 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511020902 9780511020902 0521792185 9780521792189 052179658X 9780521796583 9780511606298 051160629X 9780511046995 0511046995 0511157509 9780511157509 |