Reflections on uneven democracies : the legacy of Guillermo O'Donnell / edited by Daniel Brinks, Marcelo Leiras, and Scott Mainwaring.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brinks, Daniel M., 1961- editor.

Leiras, Marcelo, editor.

Mainwaring, Scott, 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Latin America.

Democracy.

Latin America.

Democratization--Latin America.

Democratization.

Political culture--Latin America.

Political culture.

Latin America--Politics and government--1948-1980.

Politics and government.

Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.

O'Donnell, Guillermo A.

Political science.

Physical Description:

viii, 422 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.

Summary:

A tour-de-force analysis of the current state of democracy studies as seen through the scholarly legacy of Guillermo O'Donnell. -- Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL -- The third wave of democratization produced a wealth of enduring social science. Beginning in the 1970s, it prompted scholars to develop important theories on authoritarian breakdowns and transitions to democracy. No one in the field was more influential than Guillermo O'Donnell (1936-2011), whose pathbreaking work shaped the scholarship of generations of social scientists. Reflections on Uneven Democracies honors the legacy of O'Donnell's research by advancing debates related to his work on democracy. Drawing together a veritable Who's Who of eminent scholars--including two of O'Donnell's closest collaborators, Philippe Schmitter and Laurence Whitehead--the volume examines issues related to democratic breakdowns and stability, the nature and quality of new democracies, institutional strength, the rule of law, and delegative democracy. This reexamination of some of the most influential arguments about democracy of the past forty years leads to original approaches and insights for a new era of democracy studies. Students of democracy and institutional performance, both Latin Americanists and comparativists more generally, will find this essential reading.

Contents:

Democratic breakdown and survival in Latin America, 1945-2005 / Aníbal Pérez-Liñán and Scott Mainwaring

Argentina's democracy four decades after Modernization and bureaucratic-authoritarianism / Carlos Gervasoni

Reflections on "transitology" : before and after / Philippe C. Schmitter

Rentier populism and the rise of super-presidents in South America / Sebastián L. Mazzuca

Democracy and markets : notes on a twenty-first century paradox / Robert M. Fishman

Inequality and democracy : Latin American lessons for the United States / Terry Lynne Karl

Economic performance, political competition and regime stability in postwar Latin America / Marcelo Leiras

Theorizing a moving target : O'Donnell's changing views of postauthoritarian regimes / Timothy J. Power

Building institutions on weak foundations : lessons from Latin America / Steven Levitsky and María Victoria Murillo

Inequality and the rule of law : ineffective rights in Latin American democracies / Daniel Brinks and Sandra Botero

Unpacking delegative democracy : digging into the empirical content of a rich theoretical concept / Lucas González

Accountability deficits of delegative democracy / Enrique Peruzzotti

Democracy, agency, and the classification of political regimes / James McGuire

Democracy and democratization : Guillermo O'Donnell's late attempt to rework democratic theory / Jorge Vargas Cullell

"A mí, sí, me importa" : Guillermo O'Donnell's approach to theorizing with normative and comparative intent / Laurence Whitehead

Conclusion : studying big political issues / Scott Mainwaring, Daniel Brinks, and Marcelo Leiras.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421414591

9781421414607

1421414597

1421414600

OCLC:

872646952