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Democracy in Latin America: Issues of Governance in the Southern Cone
Author(s) -
Tedesco Laura
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2004.00094.x
Subject(s) - democracy , latin americans , corporate governance , state (computer science) , democratic governance , politics , political science , public administration , political economy , cone (formal languages) , class (philosophy) , sociology , law , economics , management , epistemology , philosophy , algorithm , computer science
This article explores academic debates on transitions and democratic development, and outlines ideas relating to the governance issues considered by the papers in this special section. It presents a discussion of recent debates on democracy and transition in Latin America and concludes on the need to conceptualise the state in the region after the return to democracy. In so doing, it analyses issues of governance and highlights the role of the political class in building a democratic state.