Topic · Political Theory and Democracy
Most cited papers in Political Theory and Democracy
What are the most cited papers in Political Theory and Democracy?
The most cited paper in Political Theory and Democracy is "On the state, democratization and some conceptual problems: A Latin American view with glances at some postcommunist countries" (Guillermo A O'Donnell, 1993), with 1,464 citations. Next come "The Crisis of Democracy. Report on the Governability of democracies to the Trilateral Commission" (1,303) and "THE ORGANIZATION AS POLITICAL ARENA" (672).
Showing 50 of 101 papers. Every paper with more than 33 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On the state, democratization and some conceptual problems: A Latin American view with glances at some postcommunist countries Guillermo A O'Donnell · World Development | Aug 1993 | 1,464 |
| 2 | The Crisis of Democracy. Report on the Governability of democracies to the Trilateral Commission Michael James Crozier, Samuel P. Huntington, Jōji Watanuki · Digitum: Institutional Repository of the University of Murcia (University of Murcia) | 2012 | 1,303 |
| 3 | THE ORGANIZATION AS POLITICAL ARENA Henry Mintzberg · Journal of Management Studies | Mar 1985 | 672 |
| 4 | Populism in Venezuela: the rise of Chavismo Kirk Andrew Hawkins · Third World Quarterly | Dec 2003 | 159 |
| 5 | Evaluating Argentina's Presidential Democracy: 1983–1995 Mark P. Jones · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 13 May 1997 | 154 |
| 6 | El retorno de lo político J.F Sirinelli · Historia Contemporánea | 1993 | 148 |
| 7 | LA DEMOCRACIA DELIBERATIVA Rodrigo Pineda Garfias · Ius et Praxis | 2002 | 141 |
| 8 | The Rule of Reasons. Three Models of Deliberative Democracy Rainer Forst · Ratio Juris | Dec 2001 | 133 |
| 9 | La democracia incompleta en Chile: La realidad tras los rankings internacionales Manuel Antonio Garretón M., Roberto Garretón · Revista de ciencia política | 2010 | 123 |
| 10 | Transitions by Agreement: Modeling the Spanish Way Josep Maria Colomer · American Political Science Review | Dec 1991 | 123 |
| 11 | Audacious Reforms: Institutional Invention and Democracy in Latin America Elisabeth Jay Friedman · Political Science Quarterly | 2001 | 122 |
| 12 | EPILOGUE: LATIN AMERICA'S REACTIVE ASSEMBLIES AND PROACTIVE PRESIDENTS Gary W. Cox, Scott Morgenstern · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 4 Mar 2002 | 120 |
| 13 | Popular Movements and Political Change in Mexico Mary Christopher Nunley · Latin American Anthropology Review | Mar 1992 | 119 |
| 14 | O que torna a representação democrática? Nadia Urbinati · Lua Nova Revista de Cultura e Política | 2006 | 105 |
| 15 | . Laclau, Ernesto. La razón populista. Buenos Aires: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2005 Guillermo Almeyra · Dialéctica (Puebla, Pue.) | 2010 | 102 |
| 16 | The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks Consuelo Cruz · Perspectives on Politics | 18 May 2006 | 100 |
| 17 | "Oficialistas y diputados": las relaciones Ejecutivo-Legislativo en la Argentina Ana María Mustapic · Desarrollo Económico | 2000 | 98 |
| 18 | Meanings of Citizenship in Latin America Evelina Dagnino · Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes | 2006 | 97 |
| 19 | Podemos and Latin America Salvador Schavelzon, Jeffery R. Webber | 16 Nov 2017 | 94 |
| 20 | The Spanish-American Tradition of Representation and its European Roots François-Xavier Guerra · Journal of Latin American Studies | Feb 1994 | 92 |
| 21 | Teoría del discurso, crítica post-hegemónica y política de las pasiones de Chantal Mouffe Yannis Stavrakakis · Revista de la Academia | 30 Nov 2016 | 91 |
| 22 | Ofidismo Fábia Maria Oliveira Pinho, I.D. Pereira · Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira | Mar 2001 | 84 |
| 23 | Actitudes hacia la democracia en España: legitimidad, descontento y desafección José Ramón Montero Gibert, Richard Günther, Mariano Torcal et al. · Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas | 1998 | 83 |
| 24 | State and Society in Mexico: Must a Stable Polity Be Institutionalized? Susan Kaufman Purcell, John F. H. Purcell · World Politics | 1980 | 78 |
| 25 | El pensamiento político posfundacional Javier Burdman · Revista de ciencia política | 2009 | 78 |
| 26 | En torno a lo político Jorge Canales Urriola · Polis (Santiago) | 2010 | 78 |
| 27 | Apuntes para una teoría del Estado Guillermo A O'Donnell · Revista Mexicana de Sociología | Oct 1978 | 75 |
| 28 | Estrategias y prácticas comunicativas del activismo político en las redes sociales en España Andreu Casero-Ripollés · Historia y Comunicación Social | 2 Dec 2015 | 73 |
| 29 | La democracia en Uruguay: Una partidocracia de consenso Daniel Chasquetti, Daniel Buquet · Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) | 2004 | 73 |
| 30 | The Nature of the New Argentine Democracy. The Delegative Democracy Argument Revisited Enrique Peruzzotti · Journal of Latin American Studies | Feb 2001 | 71 |
| 31 | La participación ciudadana en México Azucena Serrano Rodríguez · Estudios Políticos | 2015 | 70 |
| 32 | Por un populismo de izquierda Cristian Acosta Olaya · Estudios Sociales | 23 Jul 2019 | 69 |
| 33 | EL FUTURO DE LA DEMOCRACIA. Norberto Bobbio · Estudios Políticos | 3 Jan 1985 | 68 |
| 34 | Citizens’ media meets big data: the emergence of data activism Stefanía Milan, Miren Gutiérrez · MEDIACIONES | 2 Feb 2015 | 67 |
| 35 | Reflections on Contemporary South American Democracies Guillermo A O'Donnell · Journal of Latin American Studies | Aug 2001 | 64 |
| 36 | Las capacidades y la autonomía del Estado en Brasil y la Argentina. un enfoque neoinstitucionalista Kathryn Sikkink, Leandro Wolfson · Desarrollo Económico | 1993 | 64 |
| 37 | Understanding Presidential Power in Argentina: a Study of the Policy of Privatisation in the 1990s Maríana Llanos · Journal of Latin American Studies | Feb 2001 | 63 |
| 38 | Democratic backsliding through electoral irregularities: The case of Venezuela Javier Corrales · European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies | Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe | 30 Apr 2020 | 62 |
| 39 | Democracy Will Never be the Same Again: 21st Century Protest and the Transformation of Politics Simon Tormey · Recerca Revista de pensament i anàlisi | 3 Oct 2015 | 62 |
| 40 | La institucionalización de los sistemas de partidos y la teoría del sistema partidista después de la tercera ola democratizadora Scott P. Mainwaring, Mariano Torcal · AMÉRICA LATINA HOY | 6 Nov 2009 | 62 |
| 41 | Liberalismo y democracia Paulette Dieterlen · Estudios filosofía historia letras | 1990 | 62 |
| 42 | La madurez de la democracia deliberativa James F. Bohman · Co-herencia | Jun 2016 | 61 |
| 43 | Democracy in Latin America since 1930 Jonathan Hartlyn, Arturo Valenzuela · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 27 Jan 1995 | 60 |
| 44 | The role of the Internet and social networks in the arab uprisings an alternative to official press censorship Xosé Soengas Pérez · Comunicar | 30 May 2013 | 60 |
| 45 | Enclaves de la transición y democracia chilena Peter M. Siavelis · Revista de ciencia política | 2009 | 60 |
| 46 | Notas sobre Macchiavelli, sobre la política y sobre el Estado Moderno. Antonio Gramsci · Revista de filosofía | 26 Apr 2017 | 59 |
| 47 | The Political Culture of Authoritarianism in Mexico: A Reexamination John A. Booth, Mitchell A. Seligson · Latin American Research Review | 1984 | 58 |
| 48 | Incumbency and Electoral Turnover in Latin America Robert H. Dix · Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs | Nov 1984 | 58 |
| 49 | ORDENANDO EL CAOS: ELECCIONES LEGISLATIVAS Y REFORMA ELECTORAL EN COLOMBIA Juan Carlos Rodríguez‐Raga, Felipe Ruiz Botero · Revista de ciencia política | 2006 | 58 |
| 50 | La contrademocracia: La política en la era de la desconfianza Juan Zuluaga Díaz | Dec 2008 | 58 |
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