Avritzer Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2501-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Avritzer, Leonardo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v

INTRODUCTION 3

ONE. Democratic Theory and Democratization 11

TWO. Democratic Theory and the Formation of a Public Sphere 36

THREE. Democracy and the Latin American Tadition 55

FOUR. The Transformation of the Latin American Public Space 77

FIVE. Democratization in Latin America

The Conflict between Public Practices and the Logic of Political Society 103

SIX. Participatory Publics in Brazil and Mexico

The Compatibility of Public Deliberation and Complex Administration 135

SEVEN. Concluding Remarks on the Democratizing Role of Participatory Publics 165

NOTES 171

REFERENCES 185

INDEX 199

Über Autor(innen)

Leonardo Avritzer is Professor of Political Science at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. He is the author of numerous articles on democracy and civil society in Latin America, and of two books in Portugese: Sociedade Civil e Democratização and A Moralidade da Democracia.