Democratizing the state

• Verfasst von: Gurza Lavalle, Adrían [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Isunza Vera, Ernesto [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Democratizing the state
• Titelzusatz: social accountability and social control regimes in Mexico and Brazil
• Institutionen: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG [Verlag]
• Verf.angabe: Ernesto Isunza Vera, Adrian Gurza Lavalle
• Verlagsort: Berlin ; Boston
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• E-Jahr: 2025
• Jahr: [2025]
• Umfang: XX, 146 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 23 cm x 15.5 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Latin America in Perspective ; volume 3
• ISBN: 978-3-11-106185-6
• ISBN: 3-11-106185-X
• Schlagwörter: (g)Mexiko / (g)Brasilien / (s)Demokratisierung / (s)Zivilgesellschaft / (s)Partizipatorische Demokratie
• Schlagwörter: (g)Mexiko / (g)Brasilien / (g)Lateinamerika / (s)Demokratisierung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Participation politique - Amérique latine
• Sach-SW: Société civile - Amérique latine
• Geograph. SW: Brésil - Politique et gouvernement - 20e siècle
• Geograph. SW: Mexique - Politique et gouvernement - 20e siècle
• K10plus-PPN: 1895711711

Abstract

Democratic institution-building experiences, innovative forms of social organization, and the development of multiple state-society interfaces represent a significant political phenomenon in Latin America in the last half-century. By comparing the two largest countries of the subcontinent, Brazil and Mexico, Democratizing the State examines social accountability and social control regimes. These regimes are conceived as configurations of relationships between actors, organizational structures, norms, and resources, all arranged in a stable and institutionalized manner to exert social control over state actors and functions. The book addresses the contrasting characteristics and different functions through which the citizenry and civil society exert control over state action in both countries. Characterizing these experiences broadly as regimes is novel and enlightening regarding the work of practitioners and scholars on political participation, social accountability, and democracy in the global South and the global North