Guillermo O'Donnell ( Spanish: Guillermo O'Donnell , 1936 , Argentina - November 29, 2011 , Buenos Aires [1] ) is an Argentine political scientist who has worked in the United States since the late 1970s.
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| Date of Birth | February 24, 1936 |
| Place of Birth | Buenos Aires , Argentina |
| Date of death | November 29, 2011 (aged 75) |
| A place of death | Buenos Aires , Argentina |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Family
- 2 Research Interests
- 3 Recognition
- 4 Proceedings
- 4.1 Publications in Russian
- 5 See also
- 6 notes
- 7 Literature
- 8 References
Biography
He graduated from the Law Department of the University of Buenos Aires . He worked as a lawyer, taught at the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (1958-1966) and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (1966-1968). In 1963, he served as Deputy Minister of the Interior.
In 1968, he continued his studies in political science at the graduate school of Yale University, in 1971 he received a master's degree in political science, but did not complete his dissertation, returned to Buenos Aires. In 1972-1975, he taught Russian at the Jesuit University of the Savior . In 1973, he published his work in graduate school in the form of the book Modernization and Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism , which immediately attracted great attention and contributed to discussions about Latin American politics.
In 1979 he moved to the United States. In 1987 , already a recognized scientist, he defended his doctoral dissertation in political sciences at Yale University . Professor, Department of Political Science, Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame , Indiana ; Associate, Institute for Advanced Studies, Stanford University . He taught at the University of São Paulo , University of California . He headed the Center for State and Society Studies in Argentina.
Family
The younger brother is Pacho O'Donnell (born 1941 ), an Argentine psychoanalyst, writer, politician.
Wife - Professor of Political Science Gabriela Ippolito O'Donnell. Five children.
Scientific Interests
Since the 1970s, he has been studying authoritarianism on the basis of Argentinean political life in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the author of works on the features of the "authoritarian bureaucratic state", problems and forms of transition to democracy ( delegative democracy , micro democracy , etc.).
Recognition
Honorary Doctor of the University of Buenos Aires, Honorary Citizen of Buenos Aires. President of the International Association of Political Sciences ( 1988 -1991). Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( 1995 ). Guggenheim Scholarship (1979) [2] . International Political Sciences Association Achievement Award ( 2006 ).
Proceedings
- Modernización y Autoritarismo ( 1972 )
- El Estado Burocrático Autoritario ( 1982 )
- Issues in Democratic Consolidation ( 1982 )
- Democracia macro y micro ( 1982 )
- Transitions from Authoritarian Rule ( 1986 , co-authored by Philip Schmitter )
- A Democracia no Brasil ( 1988 )
- Poverty and Inequality in Latin America ( 1988 )
- Contrapuntos: ensayos escogidos sobre autoritarismo y democratización ( 1997 )
- La (in) efectividad de la ley y la exclusión en América Latina ( 2001 , co-authored)
- Desarrollo Humano y Ciudadanía: Reflexiones sobre la Calidad de la Democracia en América Latina ( 2003 )
- The Quality of Democracy: Theory and Applications ( 2004 )
- Dissonances: Democratic Critiques of Democracy ( 2007 )
- Catacumbas ( 2008 )
Publications in Russian
- Delegative democracy (Russian)
See also
- Democracy
Notes
- ↑ Murió el politólogo Guillermo O`Donnell
- ↑ Guillermo O'Donnell . John Simon Guggenheim Foundation . gf.org. Date of treatment April 12, 2019.
Literature
- Lauth H.-J. Der Staat in Lateinamerika: die Staatskonzeption von Guillermo O'Donnell. Saarbrücken; Fort Lauderdale: Breitenbach, 1985