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Examined is Raul Alfonsin's 1983 election to the Argentine presidency in relation to his country's transition to democracy. The triumph of Alfonsin resulted in a change from an authoritarian to a civilian regime, prompting the armed forces to isolate themselves from civil society. To appease the military, Alfonsin offered to allow the armed forces to purge themselves of their most notorious leaders by bringing them to trial before a military court. The armed forces rejected Alfonsin's offer, sparking not only a military crisis, but also economic & political ones. The military crisis & the electoral defeat of Alfonsin in 1987 ended the democratic transition. Currently, two "historic" parties control politics in Argentina, the Union Civica Radical & the Partido Justicialista. The political platforms of each are discussed, & their prospects for carrying on the transition to democracy are examined. W. Howard

AT MID-TERM, THE BELLICOSE MOMENTUM OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES TOWARD NICARAGUA, AND TOWARD CENTRAL AMERICA AS A WHOLE, HAS STALLED. THE REACTIONARY IMPULSE BEHIND THESE POLICIES (IN THE SENSE OF AN ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK CHANGE TO THE STATUS QUO ANTE) HAS NEVER BEEN DISOWNED. TO BE SURE, THE CHARGE THAT THESE POLICIES ARE CRUEL, BECAUSE THEY PERPETUATE AND AUGMENT AVOIDABLE HUMAN SUFFERING IN LITTLE COUNTRIES, DOES NOT DISTURB SELF-RIGHTEOUS OFFICIALS AND ADVISERS; THEIR VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED. WHAT IS BEGINNING TO GIVE THEM PAUSE IS THEIR OWN INEPTNESS, THE APPEARANCE OF CONSEQUENCES THEY HAD NOT FORESEEN, THE POLITICAL IMPASSE IN WHICH THEY HAVE LANDED.

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Land of Promise -- The Colonial Legacy -- The Making of a Nation -- The End of an Era -- Uneasy Under One Roof -- The Old Order and the New -- Populist Reform -- Political Seesawing -- Time for Evildoers -- The Dictatorial Temptation -- The Return of the Proscribed -- The Cult of Fear -- Authoritarianism Undone -- Other Titles of Interest from Westview Press