La Caída de Alfredo Stroessner y el ocaso del sultanismo

This article examines the final phase of the regime of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89) in Paraguay from 1982 onwards and uses the concept of sultanism in order to understand the nature of its overthrow. The first section examines the extent to which the characteristics of the regime during this period...

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Main Author: Andrew Nickson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2020-06-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/80597
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description This article examines the final phase of the regime of Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89) in Paraguay from 1982 onwards and uses the concept of sultanism in order to understand the nature of its overthrow. The first section examines the extent to which the characteristics of the regime during this period conform to those of sultanism, a form of personalised political control first identified by Max Weber. The second section offers an account of the decline of the regime, highlighting the stance adopted by major social actors during this period. The final section seeks to show that the concept of sultanism also helps in understanding the nature of this process of decomposition and eventual collapse of the regime.
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title La Caída de Alfredo Stroessner y el ocaso del sultanismo
title_full La Caída de Alfredo Stroessner y el ocaso del sultanismo
title_fullStr La Caída de Alfredo Stroessner y el ocaso del sultanismo
title_full_unstemmed La Caída de Alfredo Stroessner y el ocaso del sultanismo
title_short La Caída de Alfredo Stroessner y el ocaso del sultanismo
title_sort la caida de alfredo stroessner y el ocaso del sultanismo
topic dictatorship
Paraguay
putsch
Stroessner
sultanism
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