Occasional Paper Series COD #9

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Occasional Paper Series COD #9

Democracy Without Citizens

Silvia Gómez Tagle. [Autora de Artículo]
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This paper aims at discussing the opportunities and the threats that democratic regimes face today in southern countries. More than twenty years ago, Bobbio warned of the risks incurred by a democracy in the absence of an active, critical, and well-organized citizenry that continually puts pressure on its country's rulers and the leaders of its political parties, since "when politics are sequestered by just a few citizens, the richest and the powerful, in order to satisfy their interests and perpetuate their mandate, the citizenry loses interest in politics" (Bobbio 1986:25). In such cases, even when they exist in a formal sense, democratic institutions are bereft of all content.

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  • Editorial/es:CLACSO. CODESRIA. APISA.
  • Ciudad de edición:Buenos Aires.
  • Fecha de publicación:Enero de 2008

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