Download or read book Authoritarians and Democrats written by James M. Malloy and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the 1960s, most of Latin America was under repressive military rule. Conversely, the 1980s have seen the emergence of formal, constitutional democracies in Latin America and the Caribbean. Authoritarians and Democrats describes these changes and the future prospects for constitutional government in Latin America.