Civil society and democracy in Latin America /

A dense web of private associations drawn from multiple social classes, interest groups and value communities makes for a firm foundation for strong democracy. In Latin America today, will civil society improve the quality of democracy or will it foster political polarization and reverse recent prog...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Feinberg, Richard E., Waisman, Carlos H. (Carlos Horacio), 1943-, Zamosc, León
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2006.
Subjects:
Since 1980
Civil society > Latin America.
Democracy > Latin America.
Société civile > Amérique latine.
Démocratie > Amérique latine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Civil society
Democracy
Politics and government
Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
Politische Beteiligung
Demokratie
Zivilbevölkerung > Demokratie > Lateinamerika > Geschichte > 1980-2003 > Kongress (San Diego, 2003)
Société civile > Amérique latine > Congrès.
Mouvements sociaux > Amérique latine > Congrès.
Latin America > Politics and government > 1980-
Amérique latine > Politique et gouvernement > 1980-
Latin America
Lateinamerika
Lateinamerika > Zivilbevölkerung > Demokratie > Geschichte > 1980-2003 > Kongress (San Diego, 2003)
Amérique latine > Politique et gouvernement > 1980-2000 > Congrès.
Computer network resources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : civil society and democracy : the Latin American case / Carlos H. Waisman, Richard Feinberg, Leon Zamosc
  • Autonomy, self-regulation, and democracy : Tocquevillean-Gellnerian perspectives on civil society and the bifurcated state in Latin America / Carlos H. Waisman
  • Civil society in Latin America in the twenty-first century : between democratic deepening, social fragmentation, and state crisis / Leonardo Avritzer
  • Conceptualizing civil society from the bottom up : a political economy perspective / Philip Oxhorn
  • Citizenship and civil society in renascent Argentina / Isidoro Cheresky
  • Argentina after the nineties : changes in social structure and political behavior / Manuel Mora y Araujo
  • Sem reforma agrária, não há democracia : deepening democracy and the struggle for agrarian reform in Brazil / Wendy Wolford
  • Civil society and political decay in Venezuela / Daniel H. Levine.

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