Bounded Missions: Military Regimes and Democratization in the Southern Cone and Brazil. By Craig L. Arceneaux. University Park: Pennsylvania State Press, 2001. 262p. $35.00

Harold A. Trinkunas

American Political Science Review, 2002, vol. 96, issue 2, 437-438

Abstract: This book provides a solid contribution to our understanding of regime transitions, although from an unusual perspective: that of the armed forces of an outgoing dictatorship. Since its inception, the literature on democratization has argued that modes of regime transition (and the actors empowered during this process) have a substantial impact on the success and quality of a new democracy. Craig Arceneaux's central insight is that who retains control of the process in a transition from a military dictatorship depends to a great degree on the cohesion of the armed forces and the coherence of their economic and political strategy. To establish this proposition, Arceneaux adopts an institutionalist approach to examine five cases of transition in South America, all drawn from the period of prolonged military rule that characterized the region during the 1960s and 1970s.

Date: 2002
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