Democracy and the public space in Latin America:
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1. Verfasser: Avritzer, Leonardo (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press ©2002
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index
1. Democratic Theory and Democratization -- 2. Democratic Theory and the Formation of a Public Sphere -- 3. Democracy and the Latin American Tradition -- 4. The Transformation of the Latin American Public Space -- 5. Democratization in Latin America: The Conflict between Public Practices and the Logic of Political Society -- 6. Participatory Publics in Brazil and Mexico: The Compatibility of Public Deliberation and Complex Administration -- 7. Concluding Remarks on the Democratizing Role of Participatory Publics
This is a bold new study of the recent emergence of democracy in Latin America. Leonardo Avritzer shows that traditional theories of democratization fall short in explaining this phenomenon. Scholars have long held that the postwar stability of Western Europe reveals that restricted democracy, or "democratic elitism," is the only realistic way to guard against forces such as the mass mobilizations that toppled European democracies after World War I. Avritzer challenges this view. Drawing on the ideas of Jurgen Habermas, he argues that democracy can be far more inclusive and can rely on a spher
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