The dark side of democratization: “dysfunctional” democracies in south america?

This article analyzes the apparently dysfunctional democracies that have become common in Latin America. Although democratic in the conventional sense that national leadership is periodically contested and renewed through standardized electoral procedures, such regimes also exhibit systematic politi...

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Autor principal: Laurence Whitehead
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad de Los Andes 2003
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81205802
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-003&d=81205802oai
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topic Relaciones Internacionales
dysfunctional democracy
democratic regime types
Argentina
Colombia
Venezuela
spellingShingle Relaciones Internacionales
dysfunctional democracy
democratic regime types
Argentina
Colombia
Venezuela
Laurence Whitehead
The dark side of democratization: “dysfunctional” democracies in south america?
topic_facet Relaciones Internacionales
dysfunctional democracy
democratic regime types
Argentina
Colombia
Venezuela
description This article analyzes the apparently dysfunctional democracies that have become common in Latin America. Although democratic in the conventional sense that national leadership is periodically contested and renewed through standardized electoral procedures, such regimes also exhibit systematic political dysfunctionality. The author evaluates experiences with democracy in Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela in order to illustrate this concept, and examines their comparative and theoretical implications
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Artículo científico
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title The dark side of democratization: “dysfunctional” democracies in south america?
title_short The dark side of democratization: “dysfunctional” democracies in south america?
title_full The dark side of democratization: “dysfunctional” democracies in south america?
title_fullStr The dark side of democratization: “dysfunctional” democracies in south america?
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publisher Universidad de Los Andes
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