id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt zg64th8669w Annabella España Nájera Party Systems and Democracy after the Conflicts: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua 2009 .txt text/plain 349 14 37 To explain the development of these systems, I propose a path dependent argument that identifies the transition process as a critical juncture (Pierson 2000:75; Collier and Collier 1991:29). Early decisions shaped future possibilities and self-reinforcing mechanisms make the probability of departing from the set pattern increasingly unlikely (Pierson 2000:74-6; Collier and Collier 1991:29-31). cache/zg64th8669w.txt txt/zg64th8669w.txt