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Insurrection and Redemocratization in Suriname?: The Ascendancy of the "Third Path"

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Scott B. MacDonald
Scott B. MacDonald*
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MNC International Bank, Baltimore (MD)
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The Process of Redemocratization, the “return” to democratically elected government, has been a major trend in much of the developing world in the 1980s. In particular, this trend has been strong in Latin America. The list of countries returning to the democratic fold is indeed impressive: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru. Even Haiti, in the Caribbean, witnessed the fall of the Duvalier regime and some initial movement, though halting, toward democracy. It appears in 1988 that Suriname could be rejoining the “democratic club” after several years of near-authoritarian rule, characterized by executions of opposition leaders, curtailment of press freedom, and a protracted insurrection.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , Spring 1988 , pp. 105 - 132
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Copyright © University of Miami 1988

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