TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,Paul H. TI - Authoritarian regimes in Latin America : : dictators, despots, and tyrants / T2 - Jaguar books on Latin America series SN - 9780742537392 (pbk.) AV - JL 966 L675a 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Lanham, Maryland : PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Autoritarismo KW - América Latina KW - Política y gobierno N1 - "An SR Book."; Includes bibliographical references and index; The undemocratic culture -- Three deviant regimes -- National dictators -- Liberal oligarchies -- The masses enter politics -- Corporatism -- Tyranny and succession -- The Marxists -- Counter-revolutionaries -- The prospects for democracy N2 - Describes how Latin America's authoritarian culture has been and continues to be reflected in a variety of governments, from the near-anarchy of the early regional bosses (caudillos), to all-powerful personalistic dictators or oligarchic machines, to contemporary mass-movement regimes like Castro's Cuba or Peron's Argentina ER -