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| Publications of Karen L. Remmer :chronological alphabetical combined listing:%% Books @book{fds250303, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Military rule in Latin America}, Publisher = {Boston: Unwin Hyman}, Year = {1989}, Month = {December}, ISBN = {0044454791}, Abstract = {The first part of the book provides a broad overview of military rule in Latin America, asking what the political and economic consequences of military rule are, and investigating the factors which shape the functioning, dynamics and outcomes of military regimes. The role of institutional forces and state actors are explicitly addressed. The second part is a detailed case study of Chile under the Pinochet regime, showing how social class forces and institutional structures interacted to produce a durable and personal regime with an unusually profound social impact. The final chapter explores the shift away from authoritarianism in Latin America during the late 1970s and speculates on the course of future political events. -from Author}, Key = {fds250303} } @book{fds250302, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Party Competition and Public Policy: Argentina and Chile, 1890-1930}, Publisher = {Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press}, Year = {1984}, Key = {fds250302} } %% Chapters in Books @misc{fds339485, Author = {K.L. Remmer}, Title = {The Outcomes of Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Reassessment}, Pages = {144-172}, Booktitle = {Yearbook of International Law and Policy 2015-16}, Publisher = {New York: Oxford University Press}, Editor = {Lisa Sachs and Lise Johnson}, Year = {2018}, Key = {fds339485} } @misc{fds250283, Author = {Perrin, EM}, Title = {Commentary}, Volume = {30}, Pages = {356-362}, Booktitle = {Contemporary Political Systems: Classifications and Typologies}, Publisher = {Boulder: Lynne Rienner}, Editor = {Bebler, A and Seroka, J}, Year = {2013}, Month = {January}, Key = {fds250283} } @misc{fds250286, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Elections and Economics in Contemporary Latin America}, Booktitle = {Post-Reform Politics in Latin America: Competition, Transition, Collapse [Spanish version: La politica posterior a la reforma de mercado en america latina: competencia, transicion, colapso, 2003]}, Publisher = {Brookings}, Editor = {Wise, C and Roett, R}, Year = {2003}, Key = {fds250286} } @misc{fds250285, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Democratization in Latin America}, Booktitle = {Global Transformation and the Third World}, Publisher = {Boulder: Lynne Rienner}, Editor = {Slater, RO and Schutz, BM and Dorr, SR}, Year = {1993}, Key = {fds250285} } @misc{fds250284, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Debt or Democracy? The Political Impact of the Debt Crisis in Latin America}, Pages = {63-78}, Booktitle = {Financing Latin American Growth: Prospects for the 1990s}, Publisher = {Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe}, Editor = {Felix, D}, Year = {1990}, Key = {fds250284} } @misc{fds250282, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Evaluating the Policy Impact of Military Regimes in Latin America}, Booktitle = {Armies and Politics in Latin America, rev. ed.}, Publisher = {New York: Homes and Meier}, Editor = {Lowenthal, AF and Fitch, JS}, Year = {1986}, Key = {fds250282} } @misc{fds250281, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Chile: The Breakdown of Democracy}, Booktitle = {Latin America: Its Problems and Its Promise}, Publisher = {Boulder: Westview Press}, Editor = {Black, JK}, Year = {1984}, Key = {fds250281} } @misc{fds250280, Author = {Merkx, G and Remmer, K}, Title = {Mobilization and Demobilization in Latin America: The Role of Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes}, Pages = {249-255}, Booktitle = {Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies}, Publisher = {Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press}, Editor = {Brasch, JJ}, Year = {1979}, Key = {fds250280} } @misc{fds250279, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Chile and the ’Peaceful’ Road to Socialism}, Booktitle = {New Perspectives on Latin America}, Publisher = {New York: MSS Information Corp.}, Editor = {Remmer, KL and Merkx, GW}, Year = {1976}, Key = {fds250279} } %% Journal Articles @article{fds355203, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Stability and change in party preferences: Evidence from Latin America}, Journal = {Electoral Studies}, Volume = {70}, Year = {2021}, Month = {April}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102283}, Abstract = {Why do voters shift partisan allegiances between elections and/or within electoral cycles? Drawing on panel survey data, this study is designed to enhance our understanding of shifting partisan preferences byexploring vote switching and split-ticket voting inthe Latin American context. Its main finding and contribution to the existing literature on stability and change in partisan preferences centers around the importance of candidate viability relative to party identification and other individual characteristics shaping vote choice.}, Doi = {10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102283}, Key = {fds355203} } @article{fds355025, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Investment treaty arbitration in latin America}, Journal = {Latin American Research Review}, Volume = {54}, Number = {4}, Pages = {795-811}, Year = {2019}, Month = {January}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.25222/larr.154}, Abstract = {This study analyzes variations in the incidence of state involvement in investment treaty arbitration in Latin America and the Caribbean over the 1987-2014 period. Its main contributions are fourfold. First, by focusing on the balance of incentives and opportunities facing political leaders and foreign investors, the study establishes a new basis for understanding the reasons actors opt for the risks and uncertainties of international arbitration instead of resolving international investment disputes via alternative means. Second, by restricting the focus of research to the Latin American region, the study is able to move beyond the analysis of relatively time-invariant structural and institutional conditions and crude indicators to address the role played by the preferences of political actors. Third, by disaggregating disputes by sector of investment, the analysis documents the variable role of ideology and electoral incentives in investment treaty arbitration. Finally, by underlining the distinctiveness of the Latin American experience with investment treaty arbitration, the study offers new insights into the global backlash against investment treaty arbitration, which has gone farther in the region than anywhere else. Overall, the results underline the potential payoffs of breaking down the international experience with investment treaty arbitration into regional patterns to obtain a deeper and more granular understanding of the political economy of investor-state dispute settlement.}, Doi = {10.25222/larr.154}, Key = {fds355025} } @article{fds337062, Author = {Minhas, S and Remmer, KL}, Title = {The Reputational Impact of Investor-State Disputes}, Journal = {International Interactions}, Volume = {44}, Number = {5}, Pages = {862-887}, Publisher = {Informa UK Limited}, Year = {2018}, Month = {September}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2018.1492384}, Abstract = {To what extent do alleged violations of international commitments damage state reputation? This article explore this question with specific reference to investor-state disputes arising under the protection of international investment agreements. Its main contributions are threefold. First, building on the political institutions literature, the study places the theoretical importance of information about the rules of the game, and the actions of the participants at the center of analysis. Second, in contrast to prior empirical research, the study systematically analyzes the costs of state involvement in investment treaty arbitration by examining all known disputes. Third, the study addresses the impact of investment disputes on both foreign investment flows and state reputational rankings. We show that the consequences of investment disputes vary with the transparency of the investor-state dispute settlement process. The central implication of these findings for the broader body of literature on international institutions is that reputational mechanisms for effective treaty enforcement cannot be taken as given but instead need to be explored on the basis of a nuanced approach that addresses the pivotal issues of institutional design and information costs.}, Doi = {10.1080/03050629.2018.1492384}, Key = {fds337062} } @article{fds354954, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {The Political Economy of Investor-State Disputes}, Year = {2015}, Month = {December}, Key = {fds354954} } @article{fds318631, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Exogenous shocks and democratic accountability: Evidence from the Caribbean}, Journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, Volume = {47}, Number = {8}, Pages = {1158-1185}, Publisher = {SAGE Publications}, Year = {2014}, Month = {July}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414013488563}, Abstract = {This study attempts to contribute to the growing debate over democratic accountability by focusing on the electoral impact of natural disasters and economic crises in the Caribbean. Although largely ignored by political science, the polities in the region share a long history of democratic governance as well as extreme vulnerability to adverse weather conditions and global economic fluctuations. The Caribbean thus offers unusually fertile opportunities for research on the capacity of voters to make rational electoral decisions. Two key questions are addressed. First, to what extent do citizens of the Caribbean punish incumbents for exogenous economic and climatic shocks? Second, what factors, if any, help to insulate democratic leaders from blame for conditions largely outside their control? Contrary to recent research on natural disasters and economic downturns in other contexts, the analysis provides no evidence that voting in the Caribbean has been characterized by systematic attribution errors or electoral myopia. The pattern of citizen attribution of responsibility to policy makers, however, has varied significantly with national independence and political scale. © The Author(s) 2013.}, Doi = {10.1177/0010414013488563}, Key = {fds318631} } @article{fds250301, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Exogenous Shocks and Democratic Accountability}, Journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, Volume = {forthcoming}, Year = {2013}, Key = {fds250301} } @article{fds250305, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {The Rise of Leftist- Populist Governance in Latin America: The Roots of Electoral Change}, Journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, Volume = {45}, Number = {8}, Pages = {947-972}, Publisher = {SAGE Publications}, Year = {2012}, Month = {August}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414011428595}, Abstract = {Over the past decade the contours of political party competition in Latin America have been dramatically altered by an upsurge of support for leftist-populist parties and the related weakening of established parties on the center and right end of the political spectrum. Drawing on both aggregate and individual-level evidence, this article explores the roots of this swing of the political pendulum. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, which attributes the rising "pink tide" to citizen dissatisfaction with market-oriented policies, economic performance, and/or social inequality, the analysis focuses on the role played by improving external economic conditions during the early 2000s, which relaxed the preexisting constraints on policy choice, enhanced the credibility of anti-status quo political actors, and created new opportunities for the pursuit of statist, nationalist, and redistributive political projects and associated challenges to U.S. hegemony. Consistent with this line of theoretical argument, the macro-level evidence indicates that the odds of electing a leftist-populist president in the region rose with improvements in the terms of trade. At the micro level, survey data also show that support for leftist-populist presidents in the region has been positively associated with citizen satisfaction with democracy and the state of the economy as well as with anti-Americanism. The results underline the potential significance of economic fluctuations for understanding electoral dynamics and party system change, particularly under conditions in which government policy choice is constrained by the operation of international markets. © The Author(s) 2012.}, Doi = {10.1177/0010414011428595}, Key = {fds250305} } @article{fds318632, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Political scale and electoral turnout: Evidence from the less industrialized world}, Journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, Volume = {43}, Number = {3}, Pages = {275-303}, Publisher = {SAGE Publications}, Year = {2010}, Month = {March}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414009352638}, Abstract = {This article attempts to bring the politics of scale back into the study of comparative politics. Explicitly focusing on the question of electoral turnout in the less industrialized world, it explores the impact of variations in community size relative to other influences on citizen participation. The findings, which draw on both aggregate and individual-level data at the subnational level of analysis, offer considerable evidence that electoral participation declines with community size, but for reasons largely neglected by most prior literature on electoral turnout. The central theoretical conclusion is that future comparative research needs to address the role of political scale more directly and systematically. © 2010 SAGE Publications.}, Doi = {10.1177/0010414009352638}, Key = {fds318632} } @article{fds250306, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Why Do Small States have Big Governments?}, Journal = {European Political Science Review}, Volume = {2}, Number = {1}, Pages = {49-71}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, Year = {2010}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755773909990221}, Abstract = {Building on the literature on public finance, this article explores the consequences of political scale for government spending. The central argument is that the tendency for small political units to have big governments is not merely the result of economies of scale in the provision of public goods, but a reflection of the greater pressures for public spending faced by politicians in smaller and more homogeneous political units. The importance of such political pressures relative to other influences on spending is assessed on the basis of subnational data by comparing the relationship between size and spending under democracy and dictatorship. To the extent that government expansion is driven by citizen demands, the impact of size on spending may be expected to be more pronounced under democratic than authoritarian governance. Results from a time-series cross-sectional analysis of growth in government spending are consistent with this expectation. Government growth is shaped not only by the population size of political units but also by the interaction between regime and size. Analysis of spending patterns under democratic rule further indicates that size is an important determinant of spending even after controlling for variations in citizen preferences, political institutions, electoral competitiveness, and economic performance. The results have important theoretical implications for the study of fiscal policy and democratic governance around the world because they suggest that political scale conditions the linkages between citizens and the state, creating widely varying incentives for government growth across differently sized political units. © 2010, European Consortium for Political Research. All rights reserved.}, Doi = {10.1017/S1755773909990221}, Key = {fds250306} } @article{fds250308, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {The Impact of Political Scale on Turnout}, Journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, Volume = {43}, Number = {3}, Year = {2010}, Key = {fds250308} } @article{fds250307, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {The politics of institutional change: Electoral reform in Latin America, 1978-2002}, Journal = {Party Politics}, Volume = {14}, Number = {1}, Pages = {5-30}, Publisher = {SAGE Publications}, Year = {2008}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {1354-0688}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000252846300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {Building on the growing body of research on political institutions, this article explores the causes of electoral reform, with specific reference to Latin America. What factors account for the extensive array of electoral reforms adopted in the region since the return to democracy? How are shifting patterns of political representation related to institutional change? In addressing these questions, I develop an account of electoral reform that places shifting partisan political fortunes at the center of analysis and show that changes in the rules of the electoral game tend to reflect the political self-interest of dominant political parties as defined in relation to mounting electoral uncertainty. The evidence regarding the impact of electoral reforms on party system change is less consistent with the expectations derived from the comparative institutional literature. Over the past two decades, party system change in Latin America has generated institutional change more predictably than vice versa. Copyright © 2008 SAGE Publications.}, Doi = {10.1177/1354068807083821}, Key = {fds250307} } @article{fds250310, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {The political economy of patronage: Expenditure patterns in the Argentine Provinces, 1983-2003}, Journal = {Journal of Politics}, Volume = {69}, Number = {2}, Pages = {363-377}, Publisher = {University of Chicago Press}, Year = {2007}, Month = {May}, ISSN = {0022-3816}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000245675400006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {Under what conditions do politicians emphasize patronage allocations over the provision of public goods? Building upon research on democratic policy management, this paper aims to improve our understanding of patronage politics by focusing upon the political incentives influencing the ability and willingness of politicians to target public sector allocations to political supporters. Drawing upon data on spending priorities at the provincial level in post-1983 Argentina, the statistical analysis provides evidence that the relative importance of patronage allocations fluctuates with partisanship, electoral cycles, revenue sources, and public sector investment in economic development. The findings underline important and largely neglected parallels between clientelistic and programmatic politics and thereby have important implications for the study of the political economy of democracy. © 2007 Southern Political Science Association.}, Doi = {10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00537.x}, Key = {fds250310} } @article{fds250309, Author = {Gélineau, F and Remmer, KL}, Title = {Political decentralization and electoral accountability: The argentine experience, 1983-2001}, Journal = {British Journal of Political Science}, Volume = {36}, Number = {1}, Pages = {133-157}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, Year = {2006}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {0007-1234}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000235074400007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {To what extent does public support for subnational officials fluctuate in response to local rather than national performance? Are the policy failures of subnational officials reliably punished by voters? Drawing upon both individual and aggregate level data, this article attempts to shed new light on these questions about the politics of decentralization by exploring electoral outcomes and public opinion at the subnational level in Argentina. Consistent with referendum voting models, this analysis suggests that the fate of candidates in both national and subnational elections is shaped by the performance of the incumbent presidential administration. Moreover, to the extent that subnational performance has an electoral impact, voters do not necessarily respond in ways that enhance electoral accountability. Voters not only blame and reward subnational officials for national performance, but also attribute responsibility for subnational performance to national authorities. The implications with respect to the impact of decentralized decision making on democratic accountability are decidedly mixed and anything but consistent with the argument that decentralization results in a closer match between citizen preferences and the allocation of public resources. © 2005 Cambridge University Press.}, Doi = {10.1017/S000712340600007X}, Key = {fds250309} } @article{fds250338, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Does Foreign Aid Promote the Expansion of Government?}, Journal = {American Journal of Political Science}, Volume = {48}, Number = {1}, Pages = {77-92}, Publisher = {WILEY}, Year = {2004}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {0092-5853}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000187786200006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {Building on the literature on public finance, I seek to advance our understanding of variations in government size by exploring the impact of official development assistance on fiscal policy. I hypothesize that foreign aid operates in accordance with the "flypaper effect," systematically generating incentives and opportunities for the expansion of government spending. Results from a time-series cross-sectional regression analysis of growth in government spending over the 1970-99 time period are consistent with the hypothesis. For middle- and lower-income nations, aid represents an important determinant of government expansion. Looking at the tax and revenue side of the equation, however, reveals a more perverse pattern of response: aid promotes not only increased spending but also reduced revenue generation. The results have important implications from both a theoretical and policy perspective. Inter alia they point to the potentially self-defeating nature of efforts to promote market-oriented programs of state retrenchment via development assistance as well as to the importance of incorporating international transfers into future research on government spending.}, Doi = {10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00057.x}, Key = {fds250338} } @article{fds318633, Author = {Remmer, KL and Gélineau, F}, Title = {Subnational electoral choice: Economic and referendum voting in Argentina, 1983-1999}, Journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, Volume = {36}, Number = {7}, Pages = {801-821}, Publisher = {SAGE Publications}, Year = {2003}, Month = {September}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414003255105}, Abstract = {Are the policy failures of subnational officials reliably punished by voters, or do subnational elections instead pivot around national trends? This study attempts to shed new light on these questions by exploring subnational elections in the Argentine context. Building on a modified version of the referendum-voting model, our analysis suggests that the fate of candidates in both national and subnational elections is shaped by the performance of the incumbent presidential administration. At the same time, however, we also find evidence that voters respond to the policy choices of subnational governments, albeit in ways that attenuate, rather than strengthen, the nexus between policy responsibility and electoral accountability.}, Doi = {10.1177/0010414003255105}, Key = {fds318633} } @article{fds250336, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {The Politics of Economic Policy and Performance in Latin America}, Journal = {Journal of Public Policy}, Volume = {22}, Number = {1}, Pages = {29-59}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, Year = {2002}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X02001022}, Abstract = {This study explores variations in macroeconomic policy and performance in contemporary Latin America on the basis of a theoretical model that emphasizes the complex interplay of partisan control of the government, labor strength, and electoral competition. The plausibility of the model is assessed on the basis of a cross-national time series analysis of economic policy choice and performance in nineteen nations. Contrary to the view that internationalization of the world economy leaves limited room for domestic actors and institutions to influence public policy, the findings suggest that macroeconomic performance in contemporary Latin America reflects eminently political processes of policy formation shaped by partisanship, electoral competition, and union strength. The study thereby points to the broader relevance of the literature on the political economy of the advanced industrial democracies, which has emphasized the impact of domestic political institutions, particularly political parties and trade unions, on policy choice and performance.}, Doi = {10.1017/S0143814X02001022}, Key = {fds250336} } @article{fds250335, Author = {Wibbels, KRWE}, Title = {The Political Economy of Decentralization in Latin America}, Journal = {APSA-CP Newsletter}, Volume = {11}, Number = {1}, Pages = {28-31}, Year = {2000}, Month = {Winter}, Key = {fds250335} } @article{fds250312, Author = {Remmer, KL and Wibbels, E}, Title = {The subnational politics of economic adjustment: Provincial politics and fiscal performance in Argentina}, Journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, Volume = {33}, Number = {4}, Pages = {419-451}, Publisher = {SAGE Publications}, Year = {2000}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {0010-4140}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000086872700001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {Existing research has failed to address the impact of subnational politics on economic adjustment. This article attempts to fill this gap by outlining theoretical reasons for anticipating policy divergences across levels of government and by offering three hypotheses to account for variation at the subnational level. The authors explore these ideas on the basis of the Argentine experience. The study traces the impact of subnational policy on Argentine economic adjustment and tests hypotheses about subnational policy variation on the basis of provincial fiscal data. The authors' findings underline the importance of subnational policy choice for national performance and suggest a revised understanding of the role of political competition in the economic adjustment process. The authors find considerable evidence that interactions between party competition and the structure of the public sector shape provincial fiscal performance and thereby condition the capacity for economic adjustment at the national level.}, Doi = {10.1177/0010414000033004001}, Key = {fds250312} } @article{fds250334, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Regime sustainability in the Latin Caribbean, 1944-1994}, Journal = {Journal of Developing Areas}, Volume = {33}, Number = {3}, Pages = {331-354}, Year = {1999}, Month = {Spring}, ISSN = {0022-037X}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000084739800001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {This study attempts to compare the strength of institutional explanations for regime change and stability with other lines of analysis on the basis of data drawn from the Latin Caribbean. At the current stage of research, the pivotal theoretical question is not whether institutions matter, which they clearly do, but rather how much they matter relative to other sets of explanatory variables. Only by broadening the horizons of comparative research in ways that do not automatically privilege one line of explanation, whether structural, cultural, or institutional in nature, can we begin to develop a more unified and consensual understanding of the processes shaping regime sustainability. What has enhanced the sustainability of democratic rule in the region is the level of economic development. Consistent with the extended body of research on the relationship between development and democracy, the higher the per capita income, the greater the sustainability of political democracy. For authoritarianism, the relationship runs in the opposite direction. Also relevant to understanding the sustainability of both types of regimes are regional political trends. The final set of findings of major theoretical significance are those relating to the role of political institutions. Although the evidence linking the relative competitiveness of democracies with regime sustainability is weak, authoritarian regimes whose political institutions include elections and legislative bodies have been less vulnerable to overthrow than their counterparts in the Latin Caribbean. To put it another way, the more authoritarian regimes have resembled democracies, the greater their viability, presumably because competitive institutions, no matter how limited, enhance international and domestic perceptions of political legitimacy and dampen the incentives and opportunities for regime opponents to pursue strategies of regime overthrow. Thus variations within the authoritarian category as well as between authoritarian and democratic regimes speak more to the robustness than the fragility of democracy as a form of governance.}, Key = {fds250334} } @article{fds250299, Author = {Faundez, J}, Title = {Marxism and Democracy in Chile: 1932 to the Fall of Allende}, Journal = {Studies in Comparative International Development}, Volume = {25}, Pages = {126-127}, Year = {1999}, Key = {fds250299} } @article{fds250332, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Does Democracy Promote Interstate Cooperation? Lessons from the Mercosur Region}, Journal = {International Studies Quarterly}, Volume = {42}, Number = {1}, Pages = {25-51}, Publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)}, Year = {1998}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {0020-8833}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000071944800002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {A rapidly growing body of research suggests that democracy enhances prospects for the peaceful settlement of interstate conflicts. To what extent can democracy also be linked with increased international cooperation? Building upon the literature on political cooperation as well as recent discussions of the "democratic peace," this study offers a plausibility probe of the hypothesis that democracy increases the likelihood of interstate agreement. The analysis, which draws upon a data set covering dyadic interactions among Mercosur nations during the 1947-1985 period, utilizes both logistic regression and negative binomial regression methods to assess the relationship between democracy and cooperation. The findings offer only limited support for the hypothesis that democracy promotes cooperation and challenge the recent literature on the relative peace among democracies in several theoretically suggestive ways. The study points to the potential fruitfulness of more extensive and rigorous research on the nexus between domestic institutions and international cooperation.}, Doi = {10.1111/0020-8833.00068}, Key = {fds250332} } @article{fds250333, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {The politics of neoliberal economic reform in South America, 1980-1994}, Journal = {Studies in Comparative International Development}, Volume = {33}, Number = {2}, Pages = {3-29}, Publisher = {Springer Nature}, Year = {1998}, Month = {Summer}, ISSN = {0039-3606}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000079548500001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {What political conditions facilitate market-oriented reform? Prior research suggests that neoliberal policies are inherently unpopular, politically hazardous, and consequently dependent upon the existence of strong and relative autonomous governments. This study reassesses the political costs and benefits of market-oriented reform and attempts to offer insights for future theory building by exploring five hypotheses on the basis of the post-1980 South American experience. The findings suggest that the political obstacles to reform have been exaggerated and theoretically misspecified. Neoliberal policies are less the product of the triumph of technocratic expertise over political calculus than of the structure of political incentives and opportunities created by broader sets of factors, including economic circumstances, structural conditions, pluralist pressures, institutional constraints, and international linkages.}, Doi = {10.1007/BF02687406}, Key = {fds250333} } @article{fds250331, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Theoretical decay and theoretical development: The resurgence of institutional analysis}, Journal = {World Politics}, Volume = {50}, Number = {1}, Pages = {34-61}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, Year = {1997}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {0043-8871}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1997YD38300003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {<jats:p>Research on the less industrialized regions of the world has undergone major changes in terms of theoretical rigor, methodological sophistication, and the diversification of analytical approaches since the publication of Samuel P. Huntingdon's essay, “Political Development and Political Decay,” in<jats:italic>World Politics</jats:italic>in 1965. Yet more than three decades later, comparativists are rediscovering political institutions, highlighting the originality of Huntington's scholarly contribution. The resurgence of institutional analysis has redirected attention to the potential variability of political outcomes in the face of sweeping global currents, generated important theoretical insights, and created new bases for dialogue across disparate research traditions. Nevertheless, the horizons of institutional research need to be broadened to address the challenges posed by international influences, two-way interactions between politics and society, and institutional fluidity.</jats:p>}, Doi = {10.1017/S0043887100014714}, Key = {fds250331} } @article{fds250311, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {The sustainability of political democracy lessons from South America}, Journal = {Comparative Political Studies}, Volume = {29}, Number = {6}, Pages = {611-634}, Publisher = {SAGE Publications}, Year = {1996}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {0010-4140}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1996VX07200001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {Recent literature emphasizes the fragility of newly emerging democracies and the importance of economic performance to their survival. The analysis reevaluates this conventional wisdom and tests a theoretical alternative that takes into account the differential strengths and weaknesses of democracy and authoritarianism as well as institutional variations among democratic regimes. South American data for the post-1944 period form the empirical basis for the study. © 1996 Sage Publications, Inc.}, Doi = {10.1177/0010414096029006001}, Key = {fds250311} } @article{fds250330, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Theoretical Perspectives on Democratization}, Journal = {Comparative Politics}, Pages = {103-122}, Year = {1995}, Month = {October}, Key = {fds250330} } @article{fds250300, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {The Political Economy of Elections in Latin America, 1980–1991.}, Journal = {American Political Science Review}, Volume = {87}, Number = {02}, Pages = {393-407}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, Year = {1993}, Month = {June}, ISSN = {1537-5943}, Abstract = {The process of political democratization in Latin America during the 1980s created a rare opportunity to explore the political economy of elections outside of the North Atlantic basin. Using interrupted time-series analysis, I explore the impact of elections on macroeconomic performance in eight Latin American nations. The findings indicate that macroeconomic performance has fluctuated with the electoral calendar but that contrary to the traditional business cycle literature, as well as the conventional wisdom about Latin America, competitive elections have enhanced, rather than undermined, the capacity of political leaders to address outstanding problems of macroeconomic management. The analysis suggests that the relationship between democracy and economics is captured more adequately by a “political capital” model than by its traditional theoretical alternative.}, Key = {fds250300} } @article{fds318634, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {The process of democratization in Latin America}, Journal = {Studies In Comparative International Development}, Volume = {27}, Number = {4}, Pages = {3-24}, Publisher = {Springer Nature}, Year = {1992}, Month = {December}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02687137}, Abstract = {During the 1980s, Latin America experienced the longest and deepest wave of democratization in its history. The origins of this process of transformation are to be found in the interaction between domestic and international forces. At the international level, the key events were the oil shocks of the 1970s, the related expansion of international lending, and the subsequent debt crisis. The speed and extent to which these changes were translated into democratization were conditioned by the political alignments of the private sector and structural fragilities of authoritarianism at the national level. The persistence of the democratization trend through time reflects the importance of other factors, including global political change, the receding threat of the revolutionary left, the internationalization of capital markets, constraints on domestic policy choice, and political learning, which have converged at the domestic level to reduce the incentives and opportunities for authoritarian reversals. © 1993 Springer.}, Doi = {10.1007/BF02687137}, Key = {fds318634} } @article{fds250329, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {The Process of Democratization in Latin America}, Journal = {Studies in Comparative International Development}, Volume = {27}, Pages = {1-24}, Year = {1992}, Key = {fds250329} } @article{fds250328, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Economic Crisis and Elections in Latin America, 1982-1990}, Journal = {American Political Science Review}, Volume = {85}, Pages = {777-800}, Year = {1991}, Month = {September}, Key = {fds250328} } @article{fds250327, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {New Wine or Old Bottlenecks? The Study of Latin American Democracy}, Journal = {Comparative Politics}, Volume = {23}, Pages = {479-495}, Year = {1991}, Month = {July}, Key = {fds250327} } @article{fds318635, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {The Political Impact of Economic Crisis in Latin America in the 1980s}, Journal = {American Political Science Review}, Volume = {85}, Number = {3}, Pages = {777-800}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, Year = {1991}, Month = {January}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1963850}, Abstract = {Research on the political implications of economic conditions is separated into two relatively distinct bodies of literature. I bridge the theoretical gap between them by examining the effects of economic crisis on electoral outcomes in Latin America from 1982 to 1990. An analysis of 21 competitive elections indicates that crisis conditions undermine support for incumbents and provoke high levels of electoral volatility but without necessarily fostering the growth of political extremism or the exhaustion of elite consensus associated with the breakdown of democracy. The results also suggest that the relationship between economic conditions and electoral instability is mediated by party system structure rather than democratic age. Paradoxically, the findings buttress prior research on electoral outcomes in the comparatively stable and homogeneous Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations while undercutting theoretical frameworks elaborated with specific reference to the breakdown and consolidation of Third World democracy. © 1991, American Political Science Association. All rights reserved.}, Doi = {10.2307/1963850}, Key = {fds318635} } @article{fds250326, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Democracy and economic crisis: The Latin American Experience}, Journal = {World Politics}, Volume = {42}, Number = {3}, Pages = {315-335}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, Year = {1990}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {0043-8871}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1990CZ90500001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Doi = {10.2307/2010414}, Key = {fds250326} } @article{fds250325, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {State change in Chile, 1973-1988}, Journal = {Studies In Comparative International Development}, Volume = {24}, Number = {3}, Pages = {5-29}, Publisher = {Springer Nature}, Year = {1989}, Month = {Fall}, ISSN = {0039-3606}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1989AY60200002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Abstract = {All of the Southern Cone military regimes of the 1970s articulated a commitment to a neoconservative program of state change. Nowhere, however, was the commitment translated into policy with greater zeal, speed, and consistency than in Chile. What differed in Chile was less a lack of resistance to neoconservatism than the capacity of the economic team to ignore or override that resistance due to the extreme concentration of political power achieved by General Augusto Pinochet. The Chilean experience consequently underlines the importance of institutional arrangements for understanding variations in policy outcomes. © 1990 Springer.}, Doi = {10.1007/BF02686988}, Key = {fds250325} } @article{fds250324, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Neopatrimonialism: The Politics of Military Rule in Chile, 1973-1987}, Journal = {Comparative Politics}, Volume = {21}, Number = {2}, Pages = {149-149}, Publisher = {JSTOR}, Year = {1989}, Month = {January}, ISSN = {0010-4159}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1989R793300002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Doi = {10.2307/422042}, Key = {fds250324} } @article{fds332753, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Military rule in Latin America}, Journal = {Military rule in Latin America}, Year = {1989}, Month = {January}, Abstract = {The first part of the book provides a broad overview of military rule in Latin America, asking what the political and economic consequences of military rule are, and investigating the factors which shape the functioning, dynamics and outcomes of military regimes. The role of institutional forces and state actors are explicitly addressed. The second part is a detailed case study of Chile under the Pinochet regime, showing how social class forces and institutional structures interacted to produce a durable and personal regime with an unusually profound social impact. The final chapter explores the shift away from authoritarianism in Latin America during the late 1970s and speculates on the course of future political events. -from Author}, Key = {fds332753} } @article{fds250298, Author = {Martz, JD}, Title = {Politics and Petroleum in Ecuador}, Journal = {American Political Science Review}, Volume = {82}, Number = {3}, Pages = {1017-1018}, Year = {1988}, Month = {September}, Key = {fds250298} } @article{fds250323, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {The Chilean Military under Authoritarian Rule}, Journal = {Occasional Papers}, Publisher = {Latin American Institute, University of New Mexico}, Year = {1988}, Month = {March}, Key = {fds250323} } @article{fds250297, Author = {Kaufman, E}, Title = {Crisis in Allende’s Chile: New Perspectives}, Journal = {Inter-American Review of Bibliography}, Volume = {XXXVIII}, Number = {2}, Pages = {216-218}, Year = {1988}, Key = {fds250297} } @article{fds250296, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Military Rule in Chile: Dictatorship and Oppositions}, Journal = {American Political Science Review}, Volume = {81}, Number = {2}, Pages = {667-669}, Editor = {Valenzuela, JS and Valenzuela, A}, Year = {1987}, Month = {June}, Key = {fds250296} } @article{fds250295, Author = {Drake, P and Silva, E}, Title = {Elections and Democratization in Latin America, 1980-1985}, Journal = {Hispanic American Historical Review}, Volume = {67}, Number = {2}, Pages = {341-341}, Year = {1987}, Month = {May}, Key = {fds250295} } @article{fds250322, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {The Politics of Economic Stabilization: IMF Standby Programs in Latin America, 1954-1984}, Journal = {Comparative Politics}, Volume = {XIX}, Pages = {1-24}, Year = {1986}, Month = {October}, Key = {fds250322} } @article{fds250321, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Exclusionary democracy}, Journal = {Studies In Comparative International Development}, Volume = {20}, Number = {4}, Pages = {64-85}, Publisher = {Springer Nature}, Year = {1985}, Month = {December}, ISSN = {0039-3606}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02717356}, Doi = {10.1007/BF02717356}, Key = {fds250321} } @article{fds250320, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Redemocratization and the Impact of Authoritarian Rule in Latin America}, Journal = {Comparative Poltiics}, Volume = {XVII}, Pages = {253-275}, Year = {1985}, Month = {April}, Key = {fds250320} } @article{fds250294, Author = {Wright, TC}, Title = {Landowners and Reform in Chile: The Sociedad Nacional de Argicultura}, Journal = {South Eastern Latin Americanist}, Volume = {XXVI}, Pages = {42-42}, Year = {1982}, Month = {September}, Key = {fds250294} } @article{fds250319, Author = {Merkx, KRWG}, Title = {Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism Revisited}, Journal = {Latin American Research Review}, Volume = {XXVI}, Number = {2}, Pages = {3-40}, Year = {1982}, Key = {fds250319} } @article{fds250293, Author = {Dinges, J and Landau, S}, Title = {Assassination on Embassy Row}, Journal = {Hispanic American Historical Review}, Volume = {61}, Pages = {784-786}, Year = {1981}, Month = {November}, Key = {fds250293} } @article{fds250292, Author = {Chaney, E}, Title = {Supermadre: Women in Politics in Latin America}, Journal = {Journal of Politics}, Volume = {XLIII}, Pages = {613-613}, Year = {1981}, Month = {May}, Key = {fds250292} } @article{fds250318, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Political Demobilization in Chile, 1973-1978}, Journal = {Comparative Politics}, Volume = {XII}, Number = {3}, Pages = {275-301}, Publisher = {JSTOR}, Year = {1980}, Month = {April}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/421927}, Doi = {10.2307/421927}, Key = {fds250318} } @article{fds250291, Author = {Botana, NR}, Title = {El orden conservador: La politica argentina entre 1880 y 1916}, Journal = {Hispanic American Historical Review}, Volume = {59}, Pages = {760-761}, Year = {1979}, Month = {November}, Key = {fds250291} } @article{fds250290, Author = {Booth, JA and Seligson, MA}, Title = {Political Participation in Latin America: Vol. I: Citizen and State}, Journal = {Journal of the Developing Areas}, Volume = {13}, Pages = {82-83}, Year = {1979}, Month = {October}, Key = {fds250290} } @article{fds250317, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Pinochet's Chile}, Journal = {Worldview}, Volume = {22}, Number = {10}, Pages = {36-40}, Publisher = {COUNC RELIGION INT AFFAIRS}, Year = {1979}, Month = {October}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0084255900051123}, Doi = {10.1017/S0084255900051123}, Key = {fds250317} } @article{fds250289, Author = {Stallings, B}, Title = {Class Conflict and Economic Development in Chile, 1958-1973}, Journal = {South Eastern Latin Americanist}, Volume = {23}, Pages = {10-11}, Year = {1979}, Month = {September}, Key = {fds250289} } @article{fds250316, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Public Policy and Regime Consolidation: The First Five Years of the Chilean Junta}, Journal = {Journal of the Developing Areas}, Volume = {XIII}, Pages = {441-461}, Year = {1979}, Month = {July}, Key = {fds250316} } @article{fds250288, Author = {Lowenthal, AF}, Title = {Armies and Politics in Latin America}, Journal = {Journal of Politics}, Volume = {40}, Pages = {570-570}, Year = {1978}, Month = {May}, Key = {fds250288} } @article{fds250315, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {Evaluating the Policy Impact of Military Regimes in Latin America}, Journal = {Latin American Research Review}, Volume = {XIII}, Number = {2}, Pages = {39-54}, Year = {1978}, Key = {fds250315} } @article{fds250314, Author = {Remmer, K}, Title = {The Timing, Pace and Sequence of Political Change: Chile, 1891-1925}, Journal = {Hispanic American Historical Review}, Volume = {57}, Number = {2}, Pages = {205-230}, Year = {1977}, Month = {May}, Key = {fds250314} } @article{fds250287, Author = {Weinstein, M}, Title = {Uruguay: The Politics of Failure}, Journal = {Journal of the Developing Areas}, Volume = {X}, Pages = {518-519}, Year = {1976}, Month = {July}, Key = {fds250287} } @article{fds250313, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Economic dependency and political conflict: Chile and Argentina, 1900-1925}, Journal = {Studies In Comparative International Development}, Volume = {11}, Number = {2}, Pages = {3-24}, Publisher = {Springer Nature}, Year = {1976}, Month = {Summer}, ISSN = {0039-3606}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1976CH78800001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Doi = {10.1007/BF02686439}, Key = {fds250313} } @article{fds318636, Author = {Remmer, KL}, Title = {Development and strategy in latin america}, Journal = {American Political Science Review}, Volume = {70}, Number = {2}, Pages = {548-550}, Publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, Year = {1976}, Month = {January}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000305540029922X}, Doi = {10.1017/S000305540029922X}, Key = {fds318636} } @article{fds250304, Author = {REMMER, KL}, Title = {Review of Peasants, Politics, and Revolution: JS Midgal}, Journal = {WESTERN POLITICAL QUARTERLY}, Volume = {29}, Number = {1}, Pages = {159-160}, Publisher = {JSTOR}, Year = {1976}, ISSN = {0043-4078}, url = {http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=A1976BL78200025&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=47d3190e77e5a3a53558812f597b0b92}, Doi = {10.2307/447603}, Key = {fds250304} } %% Book Reviews @article{fds20188, Author = {Julio Faundez}, Title = {Marxism and Democracy in Chile: 1932 to the Fall of Allende}, Journal = {Studies in Comparative International Development}, Volume = {25}, Number = {2}, Pages = {126-127}, Year = {1990}, Month = {Summer}, Key = {fds20188} } @article{fds20200, Author = {Joel S. Migdal}, Title = {Peasants, Politics and Revolution: Pressures toward Political and Social Change in the Third World}, Journal = {Western Political Quarterly}, Volume = {XXIX}, Pages = {159-160}, Year = {1976}, Month = {March}, Key = {fds20200} } | |
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