Negotiating Democracy : Politicians and Generals in Uruguay (Hardcover)

Foreword Juan Linz; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: political parties, theories of regime change, and the Uruguayan case; Part I. The Crisis and Survival of Uruguayan Political Parties: 2. Politicians and parties in Uruguay: origins and crisis; 3. The breakdown of democracy; 4. The failure of military institutionalization and political engineering: the survival of political parties; Part II. From Authoritarian Crisis To Transition: 5. Attempts at party renewal: from above and below; 6. Party and military strategies in the 'dialogue': from partial opening to confrontation after the Parque Hotel talks; 7. From mobilization to negotiation: the exhaustion of alternatives; 8. The Naval Club pact: party and military strategies in the transition; Part III. Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation: 9. The competition for support: leadership strategies and electoral behaviour before and after the 1984 electrons; 10. The legacies of authoritarianism and the challenges for democracy; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.