La quiebra de las democracias

Synopsis of La quiebra de las democracias

«La quiebra de las democracias» is a political science essay by Juan J. Linz, published by Alianza in paperback (312 pages, in Spanish).

Juan J. Linz analyzes the crises of interwar European democracies and the rise of authoritarianism, especially Weimar Germany and the Second Spanish Republic. Against the economic determinism of the Great Depression, he defends the weight of political factors, elites and parliamentary institutions.

Published in 1987 in the Alianza Universidad collection of Alianza Editorial; it derives from the original work 'The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes'.

It will interest university students and political science professionals, as well as readers of political history and analysis of democratic regimes.