%0 Journal Article
%T Politics of the Periphery: An Introduction to Subnational Authoritarianism and Democratization in Latin America Pol¨ªtica de la periferia. Una introducci¨®n a autoritarismo y democratizaci¨®n subnacional en Am¨¦rica Latina
%A Edward L. Gibson
%J Journal of Politics in Latin America
%D 2010
%I German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
%X The article is an introduction to the topic featured in JPLA 2/2010 "Subnational Authoritarianism and Democratization in Latin America." It discusses the papers by Carlos Gervasoni, Agustina Giraudy, Juli¨¢n Durazo Herrmann, Alfred P. Montero, and Tracy Beck Fenwick that follow in this issue. Why feature the topic ¡°subnational authoritarianism and democratization¡± in the Journal of Politics in Latin America? Because despite widespread agreement that subnational jurisdictions in Latin America vary considerably in the democratic character of their politics, political scientists are still largely in the dark about how to conceptualize and measure this situation, and have scant knowledge about mechanisms that sustain and undermine it. This collection of articles makes major headway toward clearing our methodological and theoretical ignorance of these topics. El art¨ªculo es una introducci¨®n al tema especial de JPLA 2/2010 "autoritarismo y democratizaci¨®n subnacional en Am¨¦rica Latina". Discute las contribuciones de Carlos Gervasoni, Agustina Giraudy, Juli¨¢n Durazo Herrmann, Alfred P. Montero y Tracy Beck Fenwick que estan unidas en esta edici¨®n.  Porqu¨¦ presentar el tema ¡°autoritarismo y democratizaci¨®n subnacional¡± en el Journal of Politics in Latin America? Porque a pesar del acuerdo general que en Am¨¦rica Latina las jurisdicciones subnacionales varian considerablementes  en el car¨¢cter democr¨¢tico de su pol¨ªtica, la mayor¨ªa de polit¨®logos todav¨ªa esta insegura como conceptualizar y medir ¨¦sta situaci¨®n, y tiene poco conocimiento de los mecanismos que la mantienen o subvierten. Esta colecci¨®n de art¨ªculos ofrece aproximaciones metodol¨®gicas y te¨®ricas al tema.
%K Political Science
%K Latin America
%K Democratization
%K Political Systems
%K Federal States (Subnational)
%K Political Science Theories
%K Methodology
%K 320
%K 321
%K 324
%K 972
%K 980
%K Latin America
%K recent
%K Ciencia Pol¨ªtica
%K Am¨¦rica Latina
%K Democratizaci¨®n
%K Sistemas Pol¨ªticos
%K Estados Federales
%K Teor¨ªas de la Ciencia Pol¨ªtica
%K Metodolog¨ªa
%K Am¨¦rica Latina
%K reciente
%U http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/273