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OverviewThis is a study of the recent emergence of democracy in Latin America. The author shows that traditional theories of democratization fall short in explaining this phenomenon. Scholars have held that the post-war 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 Eurpoean democracies after World War I. Leonardo Avritzer challenges this view. Drawing on the ideas of Jurgen Habermas, he argues that democracy can be far more inclusive and can rely on a sphere of autonomous association and argument by showing that democratic collective action has opened up a new public space for popular participation in Latin American politics. Unlike many theorists, Avritzer builds his case empirically. He looks at human rights movements in Argentina and Brazil, neighbourhood associations in Brazil and Mexico and election-monitoring initiatives in Mexico. Contending that such participation has not gone far enough, he proposes a way to involve citizens even more directly in policy decisions. For example, he points to experiments in participary budgeting in two Brazilian Full Product DetailsAuthor: Leonardo AvritzerPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.425kg ISBN: 9780691090870ISBN 10: 0691090874 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 21 April 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Replaced By: 9781400825011 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsLeonardo Avritzer has written the most ambitious and important contribution to the literature on democratization in Latin America that this reviewer has read in the last several years... [E]xemplary of the best of contemporary political science writing. -- William M. Nylen Latin American Politics & Society Leonardo Avritzer has written the most ambitious and important contribution to the literature on democratization in Latin America that this reviewer has read in the last several years... [A] fine example of social science scholarship. -- William M. Nylen Latin American Politics and Society Author InformationLeonardo 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 Democratizacao and A Moralidade da Democracia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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