Military Intervention in South America,

Abstract

Scholars have searched for the causes of military intervention into domestic political processes from a variety of analytical perspectives. Using independent variables suggested by some of these perspectives, a new operationalization of military intervention and the technique of multiple regression, this paper explores the causes of military intervention in South America during the period from 1948 to 1967. The best predictors of military intervention are the level of political unrest, the incidence of nonviolent political protest demonstrations, and, negatively, the strength of the governing party. On the other hand, the best predictors of a withdrawal from political power by the armed forces are political unrest, unfavorable balances of trade, and the lack of institutionalization of the regime (as measured by regime age).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA093011

Entities

People

  • John Deegan Jr
  • R. Neal Tannahill

Organizations

  • foreign affairs ministry

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Demonstrations
  • Domestic
  • Economic Development
  • Equations
  • Factor Analysis
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Indicators
  • Intervention
  • Latin America
  • Literature
  • Military Governments
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Welfare
  • South America

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Theoretical Analysis.