Democracy and the public space in Latin America / Leonardo Avritzer.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Avritzer, Leonardo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Democracy--Latin America.
• Democracy.
• Collective behavior--Political aspects.
• Collective behavior.
• Latin America.
• Collective behavior--Political aspects--Latin America.
• Political culture--Latin America.
• Political culture.
• Political participation--Latin America.
• Political participation.

Physical Description:

202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2002]

Summary:

• "This book makes significant contributions to the field, addressing key issues in comparative politics from a variety of perspectives and with a rich series of empirical referents. One of the first studies to develop a normative theory of democracy and democratization from a specifically Latin American perspective, it is at the cutting edge of a growing body of literature that is again examining the role of political culture in the region's politics."--Philip Oxhorn, McGill University
• ""Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America" is an essay in comparative political sociology written in the grand style. An ambitious and intelligent book that could make a significant impact on the literature, it offers a sustained critique of democratic elitism and the distortions that this theoretical perspective has introduced into our understanding of democratization."--Laurence Whitehead, Oxford University

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index.

ISBN:

• 0691090874
• 0691090882

OCLC:

47995953