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Democracy, Agency, and the State - Theory with Comparative Intent (Hardcover, New)
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Democracy, Agency, and the State - Theory with Comparative Intent (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Studies in Democratization
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Democracy, Agency, and the State aims to contribute to a
comparatively informed theory of democracy. Professor O'Donnell
begins by arguing that conceptions of 'the state' and 'democracy',
and their respective defining features, significantly influence
each other. Using an approach that is both historical and
analytical, he traces this relationship through the idea of legally
sanctioned and backed agency which grounds democratic citizenship.
From this standpoint he explores several aspects of the democratic
regime and of the state, distinguishing four constitutive
dimensions (bureaucracy, legality, focus of collective identity,
and filter). He goes on to examine the role played by the idea of
'the nation' or 'the people', and the ways in which the state
represents itself to different sections of society, especially in
countries marred by deep inequality and pervasive poverty.
Drawing on the examples of democratic and non-democratic regime, he
discusses the dialogical spaces congenial to democracy, as well as
examining the options that may or may not enable agency, and the
complex comparative and ethical issues raised by the intersection
of agency with globalization and legal pluralism.Throughout these
discussions several comparative vistas are opened, especially but
not exclusively toward Latin America. The book concludes by
offering a justification of democracy, even of the flawed
democracies that nowadays abound.
Oxford Studies in Democratization is a series for scholars and
students of comparative politics and related disciplines. Volumes
concentrate on the comparative study of the democratization process
that accompanied the decline and termination of the cold war. The
geographical focus of the series is primarily Latin America, the
Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and relevant experiences in
Africa and Asia. The series editor is Laurence Whitehead, Official
Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford University.
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