A Comparative Study of Political Changes in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe: Comparative Dynamic Analysis of the Processes of DemocraticConsolidation

在这项联合研究中，我们考察了民主化和转型进程，比较了中欧和东欧国家与拉丁美洲的情况。我们的主要跨区域调查结果包括：(1)尽管政治和政党制度存在差异，但在政策和体制制定方面有显著的共同点；(2)尽管每个区域的国家之间的差异似乎不小，但两个区域内的政治差异模式明显相似。这些影响可以用每个国家政党制度中嵌入的新自由主义经济政策的可变“拉动因素”来解释。

In this joint study, we examined democratization and transformation processes,comparing the countries of Central and Eastern Europe with Latin America. Our maincross-regional findings included: (1) despite differences in political and party systems,there were significant commonalities in policies and institution-making; (2) althoughdifferences among countries in each region seem not minor, there was a discerniblesimilar pattern of political variance within both regions. These effects can be explainedby the variable “pull factors” of neoliberal economic policy embedded in the politicalparty system of each country.