Los orígenes y la durabilidad de la democracia en América Latina: Avances y retos de una agenda de investigación

this article offers an overview of the scholarship on the struggle over democracy in latin america. after introducing the research agenda on political regimes and democracy in latin america, it focuses on the main explanatory theories and debates about the origins and durability of democracy; and discusses theoretical ideas and critiques as well as the findings of empirical research. the discussion is organized around five lines of research, on economic modernization, culture, capitalist development and class, critical junctures, and the political-institutional. the frontiers of research on democracy in latin america are also addressed.