Revolution and Reaction: The Diffusion of Authoritarianism in Latin America

by Kurt Weyland

Book Overview

Why did so many Latin American leftists believe they could replicate the Cuban Revolution in their own countries, and why did so many rightists fear the spread of Communism? Cognitive-psychological insights about people's distorted inferences and skewed interest calculations explain why the left held exaggerated hopes and why the right experienced excessive dread. The resulting polarization provoked a powerful backlash in which the right uniformly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108728839
• ISBN13: 9781108728836
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"