Authoritarian By Democratic Mandate: An Investigation Into the Rise of Popular Authoritarian Regimes in Venezuela and El Salvador

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Brief Overview

This study examines how the failure of democratic institutions to effectively confront crime, corruption, and economic hardship in El Salvador and Venezuela created the conditions under which authoritarianism emerged through democratic means.

Author

• Kenneth Kyle Bennett, Florida Atlantic University