Democracy’s Future: Do Economists Know Best?

Issue Date January 1995
Volume 6
Issue 1
Page Numbers 23-28
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About the Author

Guillermo O’Donnell is professor emeritus of political science and senior fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies of the University of Notre Dame and professor of political science at the University of San Martín, Argentina. In 2006, he was the first-ever recipient of the International Political Science Association’s Mattei Dogan Prize for lifetime achievement.

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