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The Military and Politics in Post-Authoritarian Chile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2004

David Pion-Berlin
David Pion-Berlin
Affiliation:
University of California, Riverside
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The Military and Politics in Post-Authoritarian Chile. By Gregory Weeks. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2003. 248p. $47.50 cloth, $22.95 paper.

Since the coup of September 1973, no one can deny that the Chilean political system has been influenced by the armed forces. A democracy that had earlier distinguished itself as one of the most stable and durable in Latin America has had to fight to recover its reputation, and continues to do so. The outgoing Pinochet dictatorship made sure to leave its imprint on the Chilean constitution and democratic institutions in an attempt to protect military interests into the future. To what extent have these efforts obstructed the civilian quest for supremacy over the armed forces? To what extent are civilians gradually gaining the upper hand?

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BOOK REVIEWS: COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , September 2004 , pp. 625 - 626
Copyright
© 2004 American Political Science Association

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