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Democracy : government of the people or government of the politicians? / José Nun ; translated by David Haskel and Guillermo Haskel.

Author/creator Nun, José
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2003.
Descriptionvii, 151 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Uniform titleDemocracia. English
Series Critical currents in Latin American perspective
Critical currents in Latin American perspective. ^A562138
Contents Introduction -- Family resemblances -- Athens and Sparta -- Schumpeter and the politicians -- The pluralist theories -- The declaration of 1948 -- Capitalism and democracy: a first approach -- The Keynesian alchemy -- Marshall and the citizens -- From Schumpeter to Marshall -- The experience in the developed capitalist countries -- European transitions to democracy -- West Capitalism and democracy: a second approach -- Legitimacy, moral autonomy, and preferences -- From the thirty glorious years to the great recession -- Welfare states in transition -- The problematic of social exclusion -- The Latin American case --An unhappy balance -- An idea and its concrete manifestations -- Conditional democracy -- Deceiving resemblances.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.
LCCN 2003004209
ISBN0742520390 (alk. paper)
ISBN0742520404 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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