The quality of democracy : theory and applications
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The quality of democracy : theory and applications
University of Notre Dame Press, c2004
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"Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies"--P. facing t.p
Based on a workshop on the quality of democracy and human development in Latin America, held in Heredia, Costa Rica, Feb. 1-2, 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Human development, human rights, and democracy / Guillermo O'Donnell
- Democracy and the quality of democracy : empirical findings and methodological and theoretical issues drawn from the citizen audit of the quality of democracy in Costa Rica / Jorge Vargas Cullell
- In search of a new paradigm : quality of democracy and human development in Latin America / Gabriela Ippolito
- Notes on human development, human rights, and auditing the quality of democracy / Laurence Whitehead
- Latin America : virtuous or perverse cycle / Terry Lynn Karl
- Fundamental rights as a limitation to the democratic principle of majority will / Juan E. Méndez
- On the imaginary of the citizenry / Norbert Lechner
- State, democracy, and social rights / María Hermínia Tavares de Almeida
- Deepening civil and social rights / Catherine M. Conaghan
- Unfinished business for Latin America's democracies / Osvaldo M. Iazzetta
- Quality of democracy or quality of politics? / Manuel Alcántara Sáez
- Quality of democracy and its measurement / Michael Coppedge
- Democratic quality : costs and benefits of the concept / Sebastián L. Mazzuca
- Conceptual and methodological notes on the quality of democracy and its audit / Gerardo L. Munck
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In 1996, Guillermo O'Donnell taught a seminar at the University of Notre Dame on democratic theory. One of the questions explored in this class was whether it is possible to define and determine the "quality" of democracy. Jorge Vargas Cullell, a student in this course, 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 Cullell essays.
The primary goal of this collection is to present the rationale and methodology for implementing a citizen audit of democracy. This 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 these 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.
This book will make important strides in addressing the increasing practical and academic concerns about the quality of democracy. It will be required reading for political scientists, policy analysts, and Latin Americanists.
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