LEADER 04571nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910345100203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-08756-8 010 $a1-4008-2501-6 010 $a9786612087561 010 $a9786612935275 010 $a1-282-93527-5 010 $a1-4008-1415-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825011 035 $a(CKB)111056486507888 035 $a(EBL)445435 035 $a(OCoLC)52243890 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136527 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139188 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136527 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10083951 035 $a(PQKB)11027997 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36057 035 $a(DE-B1597)446476 035 $a(OCoLC)979757456 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825011 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445435 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284037 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293527 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4968527 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208756 035 $a(OCoLC)1027142130 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445435 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4968527 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486507888 100 $a20010912d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDemocracy and the public space in Latin America /$fLeonardo Avritzer 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (202 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-09088-2 311 0 $a0-691-09087-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-198) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINTRODUCTION --$tONE. Democratic Theory and Democratization --$tTWO. Democratic Theory and the Formation of a Public Sphere --$tTHREE. Democracy and the Latin American Tradition --$tFOUR. The Transformation of the Latin American Public Space --$tFIVE. Democratization in Latin America The Conflict between Public Practices and the Logic of Political Society --$tSIX. Participatory Publics in Brazil and Mexico The Compatibility of Public Deliberation and Complex Administration --$tSEVEN. Concluding Remarks on the Democratizing Role of Participatory Publics --$tNOTES --$tREFERENCES --$tINDEX 330 $aThis is a bold new study of the recent emergence of democracy in Latin America. Leonardo Avritzer shows that traditional theories of democratization fall short in explaining this phenomenon. Scholars have long held that the postwar 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 European democracies after World War I. Avritzer challenges this view. Drawing on the ideas of Jürgen Habermas, he argues that democracy can be far more inclusive and can rely on a sphere of autonomous association and argument by citizens. He makes this 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, neighborhood 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 "participatory budgeting" in two Brazilian cities. Ultimately, the concept of such a space beyond the reach of state administration fosters a broader view of democratic possibility, of the cultural transformation that spurred it, and of the tensions that persist, in a region where democracy is both new and different from the Old World models. 606 $aCollective behavior$xPolitical aspects$zLatin America 606 $aDemocracy$zLatin America 606 $aPolitical culture$zLatin America 606 $aPolitical participation$zLatin America 615 0$aCollective behavior$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a321.8/098 700 $aAvritzer$b Leonardo$0696360 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345100203321 996 $aDemocracy and the public space in Latin America$91379616 997 $aUNINA