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democracy and democratization strongostrongdonnells critique of
Draft paper subject to changes
Buenos Aires, March 2012
Democracy and democratization: ODonnells
Critique of procedural democracy
To Guillermo ODonnell, my professor and dear friend1
Jorge Vargas Cullell
Abstract
ODonnell outlined the foundations of a new framework for comparative theories
on democratization based upon a critique of procedural democracy. His was,
though, a subtle and nuanced critique. He accepted democracy as a political
concept, thus rejecting any attempt to frame it on substantive terms. At the same
time, he broadened the concept by anchoring it to the notion of the citizen as a
moral agent, thus shedding light into the non-regime dimensions of democracy.
Based on his idea of democracy as an open-ended concept, in this article I reflect
on the consequences on the notions of democratization and the quality of
democracy.
Introduction
In his 2010 book, just after discussing the shortcommings of procedural
minimalist definitions of democracy, Guillermo ODonnell makes an intriguing
comment:
los esfuerzos para definir la democracia desde Schumpeter hasta Dahl
proveen una importante base para pensar la democracia como régimen
pol ítico; un tema que queda por discutir es si estas definiciones se refieren a
la democracia tout court o sólo a un aspecto de ella, la democracia política.
(ODonnell 2010) : p.29
Interestingly enough, ODonnell does not systematically address this distinction
between democracy as such and political democracy (or regime). He seems to
imply that the latter is a species or an aspect of the former, the genre or totality. But
we are kept waiting. For sure, he sharply criticizes narrow understandings of
democracy that leave aside the complex interactions between the regime, the State
and, crucially, the citizenry (composed of citizens as moral and political agents).
Also, he strongly o
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