The Nature of the New Argentine Democracy. The Delegative Democracy Argument Revisited
- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Latin American Studies
- Vol. 33 (1) , 133-155
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022216x00006039
Abstract
O'Donnell's diagnosis regarding the delegative nature of the new Latin American democracies has won wide acceptance in current debates on institutional consolidation. Through the analysis of the Argentine case this commentary challenges the delegative democracy argument as one-sided. The delegativeness hypothesis, it will be argued, turns a blind eye to the truly innovative processes that have taken place within Argentine society and make this democratising wave distinctive.Keywords
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