Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaThe dark side of democratization: dysfunctional democracies in south america?
This article analyzes the apparently dysfunctional democracies that have become common in Latin America. Although democratic in the conventional sense that national leadership is periodically contested and renewed through standardized electoral procedures, such regimes also exhibit systematic politi...
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| Formato: | artículo científico |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Universidad de Los Andes
2003
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| Acceso en línea: | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81205802 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/94886 |
| Sumario: | This article analyzes the apparently dysfunctional democracies that have become common in Latin America. Although democratic in the conventional sense that national leadership is periodically contested and renewed through standardized electoral procedures, such regimes also exhibit systematic political dysfunctionality. The author evaluates experiences with democracy in Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela in order to illustrate this concept, and examines their comparative and theoretical implications |
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