Political Theory Questions
This theory assumes individuals and groups make choices to maximize gains and minimize losse
What is Rational Choice Theory?
This aspect of military rule in Brazil differentiated the country from its neighbors Argentina and Chile
Selective military violence; only a few hundreds of deaths and disappearances; more violence in the country today than during military rule
This term describes the moderate factions within the government during the transition to democracy
What are blandos?
This island chain was the focal point of conflict between the UK and Argentina, eventually contributing to the democratic transition in Argentina
What are the Falklands (Malvinas) Islands?
According to Przeworski, this factor constantly underlies elite negotiations during political transitions
What is the threat of force?
This is the formerly jailed and eventually elected president leader of the Workers' Party (PT)
Who is Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva?
This term describes the alliance of center-left parties that dominated Chilean politics after the transition
What is the Concertación?
This was the marxist group was inspired by Fidel Castro's guerilla war in Cuba and fought a guerilla war in Argentina's cities
Who are the montoneros?
These specific concerns drive negotiation of transition rules in the Latin American context
What are amnesty for military human rights crimes, property rights protection, and limits on economic policy changes?
These initaitives were the focus of the military's technocratic approach to economic policy in the late 1960s and 1970s
Big infrastructure projects and subsidies to heavy industries
This man visited Pinochet in 1989 and increased his favorability
Who is Pope John Paul II?
This group of protestors emerged early during Argentina's Dirty War and remain an important image of resistance against repression and symbol of human rights
Who are Las Madres de La Plaza de Mayo?
What are the 4 interests that are juggled in transitions of power according to the Pluralist Theory?
What is Military interests, Social and cultural actors, labor interests, business interests
These were the two original political parties that the Brazilian military permitted to organize
What are ARENA and MDB?
This state-owned company remained a key economic asset during Pinochet's regime, despite overall privatization efforts
What is CODELCO (the copper company)?
This was the pegged exchange rate between the pero and USD that President Menem instituted--that eventually led to economic ruin across Argentina
What is a 1:1 peso to USD exchange rate?
This term means the transition to democracy in the third wave of democratization
What is polyarchy?
This is the year that Brazil's current constitution was passed and contributed to the defeat of the PT Party in the 1989 Presidential Election to Fernando Collor de Mello
What is 1988
This constitutional mechanism allowed Pinochet to remain commander of the armed forces for a decade after leaving the presidency, effectively limiting the new democratic government's power
What is the 1981 constitution?
This president successfully resumed the prosecution of the Argentine military by revoking the military's amnesty order
Who is President Nestor Kirchner?