Democracy, agency, and the state: theory with comparative intent

The democratic regime (or political democracy), and citizenship as agency

Agency : origins, concomitants, and expansion

The state : definition, dimensions, and historical emergence

The varying referents of the state : nation, people, citizenry

The state as law : contributions and ambivalences

The multiple faces of the state and its underlying unity

Dialogics, agency, and democracy

An overview of Latin America

Social context, options, and convergences

The conundrums of globalization and legal pluralism.