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By Wendy Hunter

Wendy Hunter explores civil-military family members in Brazil following the transition to civilian management in 1985. She files a marked, and stunning, decline within the political strength of the defense force, at the same time they've got remained keen on nationwide coverage making. To account for the good fortune of civilian politicians, Hunter invokes rational-choice conception in arguing that politicians will contest even robust forces as a way to achieve frequent electoral help.

Many observers anticipated Brazil's fledgling democracy to stay below the enterprise course of the army, which had tightly managed the transition from authoritarian to civilian rule. Hunter rigorously refutes this traditional knowledge via demonstrating the power of even a susceptible democratic regime to extend its autonomy relative to a once-powerful army, due to the electoral incentives that encourage civilian politicians. in keeping with interviews with key contributors and on vast archival learn, Hunter's research of advancements in Brazil indicates a extra confident view of the way forward for civilian democratic rule in Latin America.

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