Author : Ernesto Isunza Vera
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111062856
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Book Synopsis Democratizing the State by : Ernesto Isunza Vera
Download or read book Democratizing the State written by Ernesto Isunza Vera and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-11-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democratic institution-building experiences, innovative forms of social organization, and the development of multiple state-society interfaces represent a significant political phenomenon in Latin America in the last half-century. By comparing the two largest countries of the subcontinent, Brazil and Mexico, Democratizing the State examines social accountability and social control regimes. These regimes are conceived configurations of relationships between actors, organizational structures, norms, and resources, all arranged in a stable and institutionalized manner to exert social control over state actors and functions. The book addresses the contrasting characteristics and different functions through which the citizenry and civil society exert control over state action in both countries. Characterizing these experiences broadly as regimes is novel and enlightening regarding the work of practitioners and scholars on political participation, social accountability, and democracy in the global South and the global North.