Democracy : government of the people or government of the politicians? /
Nun, José, 1936-
Democracy : government of the people or government of the politicians? / José Nun. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003. - vii, 151 p. ; 24 cm. - Critical currents in Latin American perspective . - Serie breves . - Serie Breves (Fondo de Cultura Económica (México)). .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.
Family resemblances -- Athens and Sparta -- Schumpeter and the politicians -- The pluralist theories -- The declaration of 1948 -- Capitalism and democracy : a first approach -- The Keynesian alchemy -- Marshall and the citizens -- From Schumpeter to Marshall -- The experience in the developed capitalist countries -- European transitions to democracy -- Capitalism and democracy : a second approach -- Legitimacy, moral autonomy, and preferences -- From the thirty glorious years to the great recession -- Welfare states in transition -- The problematic of social exclusion -- The Latin American case -- An unhappy balance -- An idea and its concrete manifestations -- Conditional democracy -- Deceiving resemblances.
Nascent debates about democracy in the contemporary developing world are modified by such descriptions as delegative, incomplete or even authoritarian. Nun provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of democracy from ancient Greece to contemporary Latin America.
0742520390 (alk. paper) 9780742520394 (alk. paper) 0742520404 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742520400 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Democracy.
Democracy--Latin America.
Démocratie.
Démocratie--Amérique latine.
Democracia
JC 423 / N972d 2003
321.8
Democracy : government of the people or government of the politicians? / José Nun. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003. - vii, 151 p. ; 24 cm. - Critical currents in Latin American perspective . - Serie breves . - Serie Breves (Fondo de Cultura Económica (México)). .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.
Family resemblances -- Athens and Sparta -- Schumpeter and the politicians -- The pluralist theories -- The declaration of 1948 -- Capitalism and democracy : a first approach -- The Keynesian alchemy -- Marshall and the citizens -- From Schumpeter to Marshall -- The experience in the developed capitalist countries -- European transitions to democracy -- Capitalism and democracy : a second approach -- Legitimacy, moral autonomy, and preferences -- From the thirty glorious years to the great recession -- Welfare states in transition -- The problematic of social exclusion -- The Latin American case -- An unhappy balance -- An idea and its concrete manifestations -- Conditional democracy -- Deceiving resemblances.
Nascent debates about democracy in the contemporary developing world are modified by such descriptions as delegative, incomplete or even authoritarian. Nun provides a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of democracy from ancient Greece to contemporary Latin America.
0742520390 (alk. paper) 9780742520394 (alk. paper) 0742520404 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742520400 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Democracy.
Democracy--Latin America.
Démocratie.
Démocratie--Amérique latine.
Democracia
JC 423 / N972d 2003
321.8