The Geography of Repression and Support for Democracy : Evidence from the Pinochet Dictatorship

We show that exposure to repression under dictatorship increases support for democracy and contributes to regime change when a democratic window of opportunity arises. Studying the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, we exploit the fact that the predetermined location of military bas...

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Autores Principales: Bautista, María Angélica, González, Felipe, Martínez, Luis R., Muñoz, Pablo, Prem, Mounu
Otros Autores: Facultad de Economía
Formato: Documento de trabajo (Working Paper)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/18771
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spelling ir-10336-187712019-09-19T12:37:01Z The Geography of Repression and Support for Democracy : Evidence from the Pinochet Dictatorship Bautista, María Angélica González, Felipe Martínez, Luis R. Muñoz, Pablo Prem, Mounu Facultad de Economía Chile Repression Dictatorship Democratization Human rights Dictadura militar Persecuciones políticas Voto Elecciones Chile D72 N46 We show that exposure to repression under dictatorship increases support for democracy and contributes to regime change when a democratic window of opportunity arises. Studying the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, we exploit the fact that the predetermined location of military bases predicts local levels of civilian victimization, but is unrelated to historical political preferences. Using two-stage least squares, we show that increased exposure to repression during the dictatorship led to higher voter registration and higher opposition to Pinochet’s continuation in power in the 1988 plebiscite that triggered the democratic transition. Complementary survey data confirms that individuals with greater exposure to repression during the military regime continue to have stronger preferences for democracy. However, exposure to repression does not affect election outcomes after democratization. 2018-12-01 2018-12-04T21:23:56Z info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/18771 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf
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language Inglés (English)
topic Chile
Repression
Dictatorship
Democratization
Human rights
Dictadura militar
Persecuciones políticas
Voto
Elecciones
Chile
D72
N46
spellingShingle Chile
Repression
Dictatorship
Democratization
Human rights
Dictadura militar
Persecuciones políticas
Voto
Elecciones
Chile
D72
N46
Bautista, María Angélica
González, Felipe
Martínez, Luis R.
Muñoz, Pablo
Prem, Mounu
The Geography of Repression and Support for Democracy : Evidence from the Pinochet Dictatorship
description We show that exposure to repression under dictatorship increases support for democracy and contributes to regime change when a democratic window of opportunity arises. Studying the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, we exploit the fact that the predetermined location of military bases predicts local levels of civilian victimization, but is unrelated to historical political preferences. Using two-stage least squares, we show that increased exposure to repression during the dictatorship led to higher voter registration and higher opposition to Pinochet’s continuation in power in the 1988 plebiscite that triggered the democratic transition. Complementary survey data confirms that individuals with greater exposure to repression during the military regime continue to have stronger preferences for democracy. However, exposure to repression does not affect election outcomes after democratization.
author2 Facultad de Economía
author_facet Facultad de Economía
Bautista, María Angélica
González, Felipe
Martínez, Luis R.
Muñoz, Pablo
Prem, Mounu
format Documento de trabajo (Working Paper)
author Bautista, María Angélica
González, Felipe
Martínez, Luis R.
Muñoz, Pablo
Prem, Mounu
author_sort Bautista, María Angélica
title The Geography of Repression and Support for Democracy : Evidence from the Pinochet Dictatorship
title_short The Geography of Repression and Support for Democracy : Evidence from the Pinochet Dictatorship
title_full The Geography of Repression and Support for Democracy : Evidence from the Pinochet Dictatorship
title_fullStr The Geography of Repression and Support for Democracy : Evidence from the Pinochet Dictatorship
title_full_unstemmed The Geography of Repression and Support for Democracy : Evidence from the Pinochet Dictatorship
title_sort geography of repression and support for democracy : evidence from the pinochet dictatorship
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