Democracias Andinas: chegando tarde à festa?

After a centuries-old history of oligarchic, populist, and authoritarian institutionality, in recent decades South America has begun the transition to a liberal democratic state model. This new state model harbors the contradiction of being both more democratic and less capable. Namely, it allows pu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marcelo Coutinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Series:Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582006000400005&lng=en&tlng=en