The 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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Autor principal: Laurence Whitehead
Formato: artículo científico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad de Los Andes 2003
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81205802
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description 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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spelling clacso-CLACSO948862022-03-22T18:51:13Z The dark side of democratization: dysfunctional democracies in south america? Laurence Whitehead Política dysfunctional democracy democratic regime types Argentina Colombia Venezuela 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 2003 2022-03-22T18:51:13Z 2022-03-22T18:51:13Z artículo científico http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81205802 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/94886 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=812 Colombia Internacional application/pdf Universidad de Los Andes Colombia Internacional (Colombia) Num.58
spellingShingle Política
dysfunctional democracy
democratic regime types
Argentina
Colombia
Venezuela
Laurence Whitehead
The dark side of democratization: dysfunctional democracies in south america?
title The dark side of democratization: dysfunctional democracies in south america?
title_full The dark side of democratization: dysfunctional democracies in south america?
title_fullStr The dark side of democratization: dysfunctional democracies in south america?
title_full_unstemmed The dark side of democratization: dysfunctional democracies in south america?
title_short The dark side of democratization: dysfunctional democracies in south america?
title_sort dark side of democratization: dysfunctional democracies in south america?
topic Política
dysfunctional democracy
democratic regime types
Argentina
Colombia
Venezuela
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81205802
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/94886