Research Catalog

Title

Dissonances : democratic critiques of democracy / Guillermo O'Donnell.

Author

O'Donnell, Guillermo A.

Publication

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors

Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Description

xiii, 179 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Guillermo O'Donnell, one of Latin America's most influential political scientists, here brings together a collection of recent essays. This volume includes his agenda setting essays on democratic theory, accountability, the rule of law, and the role of the state in new democracies. While progress has been made in democratization, legacies of authoritarianism and social inequality hang as shadows over that advancement. O'Donnell engages in his analysis while keeping a firm gaze on the dangers and challenges that lie ahead." "O'Donnell's work has influenced a generation of political scientists. The essays in this volume open fascinating research areas and will be or interest to scholars concerned with democratization, the rule of law, and comparative politics."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Democracy
• Democratization > Latin America

Note

• "The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--Ser. t.p.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-172) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Democratic theory and comparative politics -- Horizontal accountability in new democracies -- Horizontal accountability : the legal institutionalization of mistrust -- Notes on various accountabilities and their interrelations -- Polyarchies and the (un)rule of law in Latin America : a partial conclusion -- Social sciences in Latin America : looking at the past and glancing at the future.

ISBN

• 9780268037284 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0268037280 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007020099

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library