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ESSAY ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN ARGENTINA

Political theory and the democratic transition

The authors speak of transition in Argentina, democratic transition, speaking of transition means a country that has left an authoritarian regime and passes to a democratic regime. Case of Argentina: leaving an authoritarian regime in 1983, the Government of Alfonsín and continuing to move towards democracy. So, the topic that interests them is: What problems does the transition pose? and then where does it come from and where does it go?

According to the authors, we must take as a starting point, transition to what, that is, we are going to have to define what democracy means because it can be defined by convention, that is, not everyone agrees on that.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BOOKS AND SUMMARIES BY MAURICIO FAU
• Release date: May 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201916558

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Mauricio Enrique Fau nació en Buenos Aires en 1965. Se recibió de Licenciado en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Cursó también Derecho en la UBA y Periodismo en la Universidad de Morón. Realizó estudios en FLACSO Argentina. Docente de la UBA y AUTOR DE MÁS DE 3.000 RESÚMENES de Psicología, Sociología, Ciencia Política, Antropología, Derecho, Historia, Epistemología, Lógica, Filosofía, Economía, Semiología, Educación y demás disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales. Desde 2005 dirige La Bisagra Editorial, especializada en técnicas de estudio y materiales que facilitan la transición desde la escuela secundaria a la universidad. Por intermedio de La Bisagra publicó 38 libros. Participa en diversas ferias del libro, entre ellas la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires y la FIL Guadalajara.

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ESSAY ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN ARGENTINA

Political theory and the democratic transition

The authors speak of transition in Argentina, democratic transition, speaking of transition means a country that has left an authoritarian regime and passes to a democratic regime. Case of Argentina: leaving an authoritarian regime in 1983, the Government of Alfonsín and continuing to move towards democracy. So, the topic that interests them is: What problems does the transition pose? and then where does it come from and where does it go?

According to the authors, we must take as a starting point, transition to what, that is, we are going to have to define what democracy means because it can be defined by convention, that is, not everyone agrees on that.

At present, democratic regimes or liberal democracies, more or less representative, are considered to be some thirty nations of the world that are experiencing a true and authentic democracy according to the general consensus. These democracies occur mainly in the Anglo-Saxon countries, that is to say, England and the United States, and in some countries of Western Europe, not in the East. What is the concept of democracy? These countries live in democracy, but what is democracy? A definition very similar to that of Bobbio: a set of rules that allow collective decisions to be made, and define who the main actors are, that is, the political parties that acquire a place of privilege and also take a certain type of action very seriously. account, which is the periodic election of candidates.

What we have given is a formal definition of democracy, a formal definition means the forms that a democracy adopts, but it is insufficient because we have to see what is put into practice, what are the specific practices that are used to fulfill all this what we just said.

If these practices that govern real life are not well established, democracy will not go beyond being a mere formality, a mere simulacrum, that is, a set of empty rules that lead to nothing.

In democracy, the consent given by individuals is very important, and they are also autonomous to give said consent. Volunteerism is very important. Now, to what extent is it true that this true voluntarism exists in democracies and to what extent is this voluntarism exercised?

Let us now see what is the nation that is proposed to us as a true example, the paradigmatic nation, we could say. Of course we have to see that since the 1950s, the nation offered to