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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828751803321

Autore

O'Donnell Guillermo A

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-268-08860-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 179 p

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

Democratization - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

O'Donnell here brings together a collection of significant recent essays in which he considers both the method for and substance of critiques of democracies.