Democracy and the Public Space in Latin AmericaPrinceton University Press, 10 jan. 2009 - 208 sidor 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 Jürgen Habermas, he argues that democracy can be far more inclusive and can rely on a sphere of autonomous association and argument by citizens. He makes this argument by showing that democratic collective action has opened up a new "public space" for popular participation in Latin American politics. |
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ONE Democratic Theory and Democratization | 11 |
TWO Democratic Theory and the Formation of a Public Sphere | 36 |
THREE Democracy and the Latin American Tradition | 55 |
FOUR The Transformation of the Latin American Pubic 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 |
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