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      Los orígenes y la durabilidad de la democracia en América Latina: Avances y retos de una agenda de investigación Translated title: The Origins and Durability of Democracy in Latin America: Advances and Challenges of a Research Agenda

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          Este artículo of rece una visión general de la literatura sobre la lucha por la democracia en América Latina. Después de introducir la agenda de investigación sobre regímenes políticos y democracia en América Latina, se enfoca en los debates teóricos acerca del origen y la durabilidad de la democracia, y discute las principales ideas y críticas teóricas así como los hallazgos de la investigación empírica. La discusión está organizada en torno a cinco líneas de investigación, sobre la modernización económica, la cultura, el desarrollo capitalista y las clases sociales, las coyunturas críticas, y lo político-institucional. Las fronteras de la investigación sobre democracia en América Latina son también abordadas.

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          This article offers an overview of the scholarship on the struggle over democracy in Latin America. After introducing the research agenda on political regimes and democracy in Latin America, it focuses on the main explanatory theories and debates about the origins and durability of democracy; and discusses theoretical ideas and critiques as well as the findings of empirical research. The discussion is organized around five lines of research, on economic modernization, culture, capitalist development and class, critical junctures, and the political-institutional. The frontiers of research on democracy in Latin America are also addressed.

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                Journal
                revcipol
                Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)
                Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago)
                Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política (Santiago, , Chile )
                0718-090X
                2010
                : 30
                : 3
                : 573-597
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                [01] orgnameUniversidad del Sur de California orgdiv1Colegio de Relaciones Internacionales USA
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                S0718-090X2010000300001 S0718-090X(10)03000301
                10.4067/S0718-090X2010000300001
                09342552-b058-4047-a67f-9ca4335abe5f

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                América Latina,Democracia,Latin America,political regimes,Democracy,regímenes políticos

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