Publications [#250311] of Karen L. Remmer

Journal Articles

1. Remmer, KL, The sustainability of political democracy lessons from South America, Comparative Political Studies, vol. 29 no. 6 (January, 1996), pp. 611-634, SAGE Publications, ISSN 0010-4140 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
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   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.