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Guillermo O´donnell - Counterpoints: Selected Essays on Authoritarianism and Democratization (Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies (Hardcover)) - 9780268008376 - V9780268008376
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Counterpoints: Selected Essays on Authoritarianism and Democratization (Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies (Hardcover))

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Description for Counterpoints: Selected Essays on Authoritarianism and Democratization (Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies (Hardcover)) Hardcover. Using Argentina as the main example, this work examines all aspects of democracy and democratization in Latin America. The author illustrates many weaknesses of authoritarianism and repressive regimes which, he argues, can be taken advantage of appropriately by the struggle for democracy. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.

The central, driving theme of this volume is democracy, its vicissitudes and its possibilities in Latin America. Guillermo O’Donnell considers the pattern of political and social alliances that have shaped Argentina’s agitated history, and focuses on the tensions and intrinsic weaknesses of bureaucratic-authoritarianism, especially in its most repressive guises, at a time when it projected itself as an enduring, efficient, and potentially legitimate form of political authority. He includes detailed empirical analysis of daily life under extremely repressive regimes and argues throughout that the struggle for democracy is the most appropriate way, both morally and strategically, to take advantage of ... Read more

Counterpoints is a successful mix of personal experience and meticulous scholarship—a trajectory of O’Donnell’s work that starts with the critique of authoritarianism and ends with a close examination of presently existing democracies in Latin America. His discussion of the flaws of the new democracies originating from defective institutionalism and extreme social inequalities is especially valuable for scholars of democracy and democratization, comparative politics, and Latin American politics.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268008376
SKU
V9780268008376
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About Guillermo O´donnell
Guillermo O'Donnell is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Helen Kellogg Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Reviews for Counterpoints: Selected Essays on Authoritarianism and Democratization (Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies (Hardcover))
“This collection of essays by Guillermo O’Donnell provides a retrospective look at the ways that his thinking has developed over the past thirty years or so. It deserves a warm welcome. [O’Donnell] has always been ready to think the unthinkable. Today he can claim to be one of the very few original political thinkers of his generation.” —Journal of Latin ... Read more

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