We show that exposure to repression under dictatorship increases support for democracy and contributes to regime change when a democratic window of opportunity arises. Studying the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet ...

The question of strategy firstly appears on Lukacs' thought on the so-called Blum Theses, written towards the end of 1928 as a formula against bourgeoise domination, further developed between 1945-47, phase of the new ...

The question of strategy firstly appears on Lukács' thought on the so-called Blum Theses, written towards the end of 1928 as a formula against bourgeoise domination, further developed between 1945-47, phase of the new ...

This paper aims to explain some contextual features of the Novela Negra in Chile and Argentina as part of the detective fiction in the period of post-dictatorship. Then, it will try to accent some nuances of difference ...

Democracy has been a recurrent theme in Brazil for the past decade, due to the emergence of conservative narratives and movements that prohibit public debate on issues that bring differences to the social field, such as ...

What resources are available to opposition parties within a military regime? What are the institutional arenas within which their leadership can act? These are the questions that lead this article through the examination ...

We look at Chile’s transition to democracy in 1990 to study the persistence of authoritarian politics at the local level. Using new data on the universe of mayors appointed by the Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), and ...

The indictment against Bonifacio Martins, a town counselor in Maringa PR Brazil, brought about by the government after the establishment of the civil and military dictatorship in 1964 is analyzed. Bonifacio Martins was ...