DOI: 10.53557/elecciones
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Desempeñando para la democracia: por qué los resultados importan

Delivering for democracy: Why results matter

Authors

  • Francis Fukuyama
    Stanford University
  • Chris Dann Orcid
    Stanford University
  • Beatriz Magaloni Orcid
    Stanford University
  • DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.53557/Elecciones.2025.v24n30.01

    • Abstract

    The global wave of democratic backsliding has questioned the ascendancy of democracy in the twenty-first century. A purported decline in political trust and satisfaction with democracy, alongside the rise of high-performing autocracies, has sparked conjectures that popular support for the democratic project is eroding in favor of new, more authoritarian alternatives. Part of this discussion concerns the extent to which service delivery and outcomes matter for the legitimacy and stability of democracy. We argue that delivery for citizens is crucial to rebuilding the social contract and hence support for democracy alongside thwarting backsliding. We reflect on infrastructure as a public good for exposition.

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    • Author Biographies

    Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University

    Investigador principal Olivier Nomellini, director del Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Además, es miembro del profesorado del Centro para la Democracia, el Desarrollo y el Estado de Derecho (Cddrl) del FSI, director de la Maestría Ford Dorsey en Política Internacional de Stanford y profesor, por cortesía, de Ciencias Políticas en la Universidad de Stanford.

    Chris Dann, Stanford University

    Candidato a doctor en Ciencias Políticas por la Universidad de Stanford. Su investigación se centra en la economía política de los proyectos de infraestructura a gran escala y en el análisis de su impacto sobre el contrato social.

    Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University

    Profesora Graham Stuart de Relaciones Internacionales en el Departamento de Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad de Stanford e investigadora principal del Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Sus áreas de trabajo se enfocan en América Latina y abarcan los siguientes temas: estudio de regímenes autoritarios; violencia, seguridad pública y derechos humanos; formas de gobernanza no estatales; política distributiva y provisión de bienes públicos