Dictatorships in Twenty-First-Century Latin America

Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and El Salvador

Osvaldo Hurtado (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

308 Seiten

2022
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-7108-0 (ISBN)

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Written by former President of Ecuador Osvaldo Hurtado, Dictatorships in Twenty-First-Century Latin America explores the most important Latin American political phenomenon to emerge in the first two decades of the twenty-first century: democratic governments elected by citizens have become autocratic governments through the manipulation of the constitutional order and the legislative and judicial functions. Unlike traditional Latin American dictatorships, those of the twenty-first century have not been established by the military but by civilian politicians who were voted into power by the people to govern their countries subject to the provisions of the constitution and the law. Once the leaders assumed the presidency, however, they ignored the constitution under which they were elected and replaced it with one tailored to their political ambitions, using the broad powers assigned to them to remain in power indefinitely. This is what Presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Rafael Correa in Ecuador, Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, and Nayib Bukele in El Salvador have all done. Hurtado explains the paradox of this new Latin American authoritarian trend occurring when, for the first time in the history of the subcontinent, democratic institutions governed in all countries, with the sole exception of Cuba.

Osvaldo Hurtado is an Ecuadorian author and politician who served as president of Ecuador from 1981 to 1984.

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I: NEW FORMS OF DICTATORSHIP

Chapter 1: The Concept of Democracy

Chapter 2: From Military Dictatorships to Civilian Dictatorships

Chapter 3: Dictatorships of the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 4: The Governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro

Chapter 5: The Government of Evo Morales

Chapter 6: The Government of Daniel Ortega

Chapter 7: The Government of Nayib Bukele

PART II: THE GOVERNMENT OF RAFAEL CORREA

Chapter 8: The Correa-Tailored Constitution of 2008

Chapter 9: The Process of Concentrating Power

Chapter 10: The Ruse of Citizen Participation

PART III: DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN AN AUTOCRATIC REGIME

Chapter 11: The Rule of Law

Chapter 12: The Division of Power

Chapter 13: The Independence of the Justice System

Chapter 14: Freedoms, Guarantees, and Rights

Chapter 15: Government Transparency

Chapter 16: Political Pluralism

Chapter 17: Alternation in Power

Chapter 18: Free Elections

PART IV: PERSPECTIVES ON AUTHORITARIANISM

Chapter 19: The International Community

Chapter 20: Causes of the Dictatorial Drift

Chapter 21: The Arduous Path of Democracy

References

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	19.11.2022
Übersetzer	Barbara Sipe
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 227 mm
Gewicht	417 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-5381-7108-2 / 1538171082
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-7108-0 / 9781538171080
Zustand	Neuware