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Military Governments and the Transition to Civilian Rule: The Colombian Experience of 1957-1958

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jonathan Hartlyn
Jonathan Hartlyn*
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Vanderbilt University
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In the 1960s and 1970s, scholars interested in studying Latin American politics inevitably were drawn to the study of military coups d'etat and their causes. In the 1980s, a number of the countries in Latin America whose civilian political regimes were overthrown by military regimes may undergo or attempt to consolidate processes of democratization or redemocratization. Thus scholarly interest has tended to shift away from seeking to understand the causes for military overthrows of civilian regimes toward the study of prospects and processes of democratization or redemocratization in Latin America. In this context, the reexamination of earlier examples of durable transitions from authoritarian military regimes to civilian regimes may shed light on the relative importance of different factors in determining particular outcomes. This article carries out such a re-examination for the case of Colombia, analyzing the transition from rule by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1953-1957) through the crucial period of the interim military junta (1957-1958) to the consociational National Front political regime.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , May 1984 , pp. 245 - 281
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Copyright © University of Miami 1984

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