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      Teoria democrática e política comparada Translated title: Théorie de la Démocratie et Politique Comparée Translated title: Democratic theory and comparative politics

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          Dans cet article on examine la théorie de la démocratie en soulignant son insuffisance à expliquer les jeunes démocraties ainsi que les moins jeunes apparues dans la région nord-ouest du monde. Tout d’abord, on procède à l’analyse critique de plusieurs définitions de démocratie, surtout celles qui, censées suivre les idées de Shumpeter, sont considérées comme minimales ou processuelles, et propose une définition réaliste et plus succinte, mais non pas minimale, du régime démocratique. Ensuite, on examine les connexions de ce thème avec d’autres, comme les droits politiques, civils et sociaux, ou encore l’État dans sa dimension légale et certaines caractéristiques du grand contexte social. De cette analyse se détache la notion d’agency, car on la trouve surtout exprimée, sous diverses variantes ce pendant, dans le système juridique des démocraties actuelles.

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          The present article is a revision of democratic theory from the perspective of its inadequacies to account for the new - and not so new -, democracies located outside the Northwestern quadrant of the world. It begins by examining various definitions of democracy, especially those that claiming to be Schumpeterian, are deemed to be minimalist, or processualist; and proposes a realistic and restricted, but not minimalist definition of a democratic regime. The connections of this topic with several others are then explored, including political, social, and welfare rights; the state, mainly in its legal dimension; and some features of the overall social context. The main grounding factor that results from these explorations is the conception of agency, as it is expressed in the legal system of existing democracies, although widely variable across cases.

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                Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos (IESP) - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) (Rio de Janeiro )
                0011-5258
                1999
                : 42
                : 4
                : 655-690
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                S0011-52581999000400001
                10.1590/S0011-52581999000400001
                2c148058-0cb1-4247-a5b2-ae4b021b5d62

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                théorie de la démocratie,democracy,politique comparée,théorie politique,démocratie,comparative politics,democratic theory,political theory

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