IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/indpol/v11y2023i1p10-26.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Parties, Civil Society and Democratic Deepening: Comparing India, Brazil and South Africa

Author

Listed:
  • Patrick Heller

Abstract

Despite being among the most successful democracies in the Global South, India, Brazil and South Africa have all recently experienced democratic crises. I argue that these democratic crises result from the formation of social coalitions that have been willing to subvert democratic institutions and practices in order to preserve or restore their social and economic privileges. In structural terms, these reactions are tied to the unresolved problem of the incorporation of popular classes. This problem has in turn been mediated by the balance between political and civil society. In India and South Africa that balance has favoured the dominance of mass-based nationalist parties that have thwarted democratic deepening. In Brazil, a more balanced relationship between civil society and political society has favoured the partial incorporation of the popular classes.

Suggested Citation

  • Patrick Heller, 2023. "Parties, Civil Society and Democratic Deepening: Comparing India, Brazil and South Africa," Studies in Indian Politics, , vol. 11(1), pages 10-26, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indpol:v:11:y:2023:i:1:p:10-26
    DOI: 10.1177/23210230231166191
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23210230231166191
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/23210230231166191?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Evelina Dagnino, 2007. "Citizenship: a perverse confluence," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(4-5), pages 549-556.
    2. repec:ucp:bkecon:9780226731445 is not listed on IDEAS
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:indpol:v:11:y:2023:i:1:p:10-26. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.