Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America

This book makes significant contributions to the field addressing key issuesin comparative politics from a variety of perspectives and with a rich seriesof empi... » 

This book makes significant contributions to the field addressing key issuesin comparative politics from a variety of perspectives and with a rich seriesof empirical referents. One of the first studies to develop a normative theoryof democracy and democratization from a specifically Latin Americanperspective it is at the cutting edge of a growing body of literature that isagain examining the role of political culture in the regions politics.Philip Oxhorn McGill University Democracy and the Public Space in LatinAmerica is an essay in comparative political sociology written in the grandstyle. An ambitious and intelligent book that could make a significant impacton the literature it offers a sustained critique of democratic elitism and thedistortions that this theoretical perspective has introduced into ourunderstanding of democratization.Laurence Whitehead Oxford University «