US hegemony and regime change in Latin America

@article{Schenoni2018USHA,
  title={US hegemony and regime change in Latin America},
  author={Luis L. Schenoni and Scott Mainwaring},
  journal={Democratization},
  year={2018},
  volume={26},
  pages={269 - 287}
}
ABSTRACT We contribute to the extensive literature on international influences on democratization and democratic breakdowns by conceptualizing hegemonic mechanisms of regime change and assessing them empirically. Our findings are based on a multi-methods approach and highlight the varying importance of hegemonic influences in post-1945 Latin America. We argue that US support for democratization was consistent in the wave of transitions to democracy that began in Latin America in 1978 and that… 
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