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Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America
Leonardo Avritzer
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Beschreibung
This 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.
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Institution, Privatization, Legitimacy (political), Neighborhood association, Dependency theory, Rule of law, Democratic consolidation, Deliberation, Political philosophy, Dichotomy, Nation state, State (polity), Public participation, Activism, Elite theory, Identity politics, Political party, Accountability, Social Action, Opposition Party, Democracy, Political agenda, Popular culture, Public Culture, Public administration, Social movement, Enrique, Employment, Authoritarianism, Sovereignty, Political campaign, Election, Politician, Electoral reform, Participatory budgeting, Clientelism, Latin America, Public sphere, Political culture, Modernity, Regime, Agency (sociology), Decision-making, Government, Political repression, Populism, Participatory democracy, Politics, Popular sovereignty, Electoral district, Liberalization, Electoral fraud, Legislation, Slavery, Andrew Arato, Politics of the United States, Elite, Corporatism, Nation-building, Political spectrum, Public space, Citizenship, Mass mobilization, Civil society, Jürgen Habermas, Collective action, Voluntary association, Democratization, Hegemony, Prerogative