O'Donnell / Cullell | The Quality of Democracy | Buch | 978-0-268-03719-2 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 625 g

Reihe: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

O'Donnell / Cullell

The Quality of Democracy

Theory and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-268-03719-2
Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press

Theory and Applications

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 625 g

Reihe: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

ISBN: 978-0-268-03719-2
Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press


In 1996, Guillermo O'Donnell taught a seminar at the University of Notre Dame on democratic theory. One of the questions explored in this seminar was whether it is possible to define and determine the ""quality"" of democracy. Jorge Vargas Cullell, a member of this seminar, returned to his native country of Costa Rica, formed a small research team, and secured funding for undertaking a ""citizen audit"" of the quality of democracy in Costa Rica. This pathbreaking volume contains O'Donnell's qualitative theoretical study of the quality of democracy and Vargas Cullell's description and analysis of the empirical data he gathered on the quality of democracy in Costa Rica. It also includes twelve short, scholarly reflections on the O'Donnell and Vargas Cullell essays. The primary goal of this collection is to present the rationale and methodology for implementing a citizen audit of democracy. The book is an expression of a growing concern among policy experts and academics that the recent emergence of numerous democratic regimes, particularly in Latin America, cannot conceal the sobering fact that the efficacy and impact of the new governments vary widely. These variations, which range from acceptable to dismal, have serious consequences for the people of Latin America, many of whom have received few if any benefits from democratization. Attempts to gauge the quality of particular democracies are therefore not only fascinating intellectual exercises but may also be useful practical guides for improving both old and new democracies.

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