Review article

https://doi.org/10.46672/ms.20.1-2.6

Development and democratization of the intelligence servicein Argentina (1946.-2001.)

Lidija Kos-Stanišić orcid.org/0000-0002-9013-6088 ; Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Ante Šunjić

Abstract

The paper presents a case study of the development and democratization of Argentina’s main intelligence agency in the period from 1946 to 2001. The authors use a traditional historical and institutional approach, and the paper is located at the intersection of intelligence and democratization studies. The author’s thesis is - after Argentina’s main intelligence service, as one of the most powerful non-constitutional veto actors, managed to achieve its main goal - not to be punished for crimes committed during military rule - it voluntarily submitted to presidents who, as well as autocratic predecessors, mostly used it to stay in power.

Keywords

autocracy; democratization; intelligence; Argentina; LatinAmerica; South America

Hrčak ID:

247307

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/247307

Publication date:

8.12.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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