The Quality of Democracy in Latin America. Rebuilding some International Rankings

Authors

  • Alejandro A. Olivares-Lavados Author Universidad Central de Chile
  • Antonio V. Canale–Mayet Martin Author Universidad Central de Chile

Keywords:

Quality of democracy, international indexes, Latin America.

Abstract

The quality of democracy has been one of the new spotlights in the study of political science; the following work focuses itself in this theme, delivering some theoretical thoughts about the concepts of democracy and quality. In the same manner, it seeks to determine the variables that should or should not to be considered in the study of the quality of democracy.
To achieve this objective, the authors devote the second part of the essay to reconstruct two important indexes of the quality of democracy which are usually used to assess the quality of democracy in the region.

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Author Biographies

Alejandro A. Olivares-Lavados, Universidad Central de Chile

Cientista Político. Profesor e Investigador, Universidad Central de Chile. aolivares@ucentral.cl

Antonio V. Canale–Mayet Martin, Universidad Central de Chile

Cientista Político. Asociado en investigación y cátedra, Universidad Central de Chile
acanalemayet@gmail.com

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How to Cite

Olivares-Lavados, A. A., & Canale–Mayet Martin, A. V. (2010). The Quality of Democracy in Latin America. Rebuilding some International Rankings. Díkaion, 18. Retrieved from https://dikaion.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/dikaion/article/view/1553

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Vol. 18 (2009)

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