The Making of Flawed Democracies in the Americas : The United States, Chile, Argentina, and Peru

This book strives to answer two interrelated questions: Why have certain states in the Americas been more successful than others at creating stable democratic regimes? Why have certain states in the Americas failed to create stable democratic regimes? To answer both questions, the author focuses on four states - the United States, Argentina, Chile, and Peru. Throughout the analysis, he isolates and evaluates the conditions that helped or hindered the development of each state and of its political regime. He presents his conclusions in the form of time-related explanatory hypotheses. By identifying and examining the conditions that brought about the transformation of each states and of its political regimes, this study ultimately facilitates a discussion of the future of democracy in each of these countries as well as in the world. Alex Roberto Hybel is the Susan Eckert Lynch Emeritus Professor of Government and International Relations at Connecticut College, USA Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Introduction: State Creation and Democratization in Four American States—The Nature of the Problem (Alex Roberto Hybel)....Pages 1-16 Theories of State Creation and Democratization (Alex Roberto Hybel)....Pages 17-58 Processes of State Creation and Democratization in the United States (Alex Roberto Hybel)....Pages 59-116 Processes of State Creation and Democratization in Peru, Chile, and Argentina (Alex Roberto Hybel)....Pages 117-203 Exploratory Hypotheses: Chile, Peru, and Argentina (Alex Roberto Hybel)....Pages 205-222 An Exploratory Theory of State Creation and Democratization in the United States, Chile, Argentina, and Peru (Alex Roberto Hybel)....Pages 223-237 Back Matter ....Pages 239-248