Incomplete Transition: Military Power and Democracy in Argentina - Softcover

Mcsherry, J. Patrice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595510108 ISBN 13: 9780595510108

Publisher: iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

During the Cold War, a series of coups in Latin America resulted in a new form of military rule-the national security state-in which the armed forces ruled as an institution and drastically transformed state and society to conform to a messianic vision of national security. This book examines the lasting impact of institutionalized military power on Argentine state and society and the structural legacies of the national security state. Despite important steps toward democracy in the 1980s, security and intelligence forces acted to block democratizing measures and shape the emerging political system.

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About the Author

J. Patrice McSherry is Professor of Political Science andDirector of the Latin American & Caribbean StudiesProgram at Long Island University in Brooklyn, NewYork. Her most recent book is Predatory States: OperationCondor and Covert War in Latin America.Twice a Fulbright Scholar (Argentina andUruguay), she is Associate Editor/LatinAmerica for Journal of Third World Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595510108
• ISBN 13: 9780595510108
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 420