De las transiciones al estancamiento Revisitando la democratización en la obra de Guillermo O’Donnell
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2016-06-27
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Nieto, Diego
Milanese, Juan Pablo
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Universidad EAFIT
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El presente texto realiza una reconstrucción de las influyentes contribuciones del politólogo Guillermo O’Donnell a los estudios sobre los procesos de democratización. Para ello, discute sus principales elaboraciones analíticas y conceptuales situándolas en el contexto político e histórico en el que se desarrollaron, así como frente a otros adelantos teóricos y discusiones ideológicas que les han seguido. En particular, esta revisión se concentra, primero, en el período de las transiciones a la democracia en América Latina, mostrando cómo los constructos teóricos desarrollados por O’Donnell estaban vinculados a las visiones políticas y los compromisos normativos más amplios de su parte. Tales compromisos se ven reflejados, posteriormente, en los intereses investigativos y apuestas conceptuales del autor durante el período post-transicional, específicamente en sus preocupaciones frente a la democracia delegativa y la accountability horizontal, elementos que ocupan la segunda parte de esta revisión.
This paper focuses on reconstructing the influential contributions from political scientist Guillermo O’Donnell to studies on the processes of democratization. In order to do this, it discusses his main analytical and conceptual elaborations placing them in the political and historical context in which they were developed. It further analyses their relation to other theoretical developments and ideological debates that have followed them. In particular, this review focuses, first, on the period of transitions to democracy in Latin America, showing how O’Donnell’s theoretical constructs were part of his wider political and normative commitments. Such commitments are subsequently reflected in the political concerns, research interests and conceptual contributions by the author in the post-transitional period, related to his ideas on delegate democracy and horizontal accountability, both discussed in the second part of this review.
This paper focuses on reconstructing the influential contributions from political scientist Guillermo O’Donnell to studies on the processes of democratization. In order to do this, it discusses his main analytical and conceptual elaborations placing them in the political and historical context in which they were developed. It further analyses their relation to other theoretical developments and ideological debates that have followed them. In particular, this review focuses, first, on the period of transitions to democracy in Latin America, showing how O’Donnell’s theoretical constructs were part of his wider political and normative commitments. Such commitments are subsequently reflected in the political concerns, research interests and conceptual contributions by the author in the post-transitional period, related to his ideas on delegate democracy and horizontal accountability, both discussed in the second part of this review.