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Monday, April 18, 2011

kuritz, dilemmas of democracy (2004)

(263, 264): arg--democracy less likely to emerge because organized social mobilization is weaker in neoliberalism, b/c of changed state-economy relationship

(265): peasants and informal sector associationally disadvantaged

(268): int--acknowleging radical critique, but writing in basically pluralist framework

(269): problem was one of interest group autonomy in ISI period, now one of 'formation'

(272): two causal mechanisms
  1. collective action problems for groups
  2. reduce scope of State's decision making
(287): looks at three areas, where thesis is borne out
  1. labor mobilization--finds workers as fragmented, no longer prone to strike, subject to disorganization
  2. political protest--event counts
  3. individual political activity--regression on voter turnout, where impact of liberalization is strongly negative
(298): two counter-arguments--(1) satisfaction, which is dismissed--too many grievances; (2) selection, which is accepted--need more research.

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