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GUZMAN CUEVAS, Joaquín  e  ROMERO LUNA, Isidoro. Crecimiento económico, gobernabilidad democrática y desarrollo social: un enfoque integrador. Prob. Des [online]. 2008, vol.39, n.153, pp.119-138. ISSN 0301-7036.

This study presents a characterization of the unfolding socio-economic processes sustained by the hypothesis of the existence of circularities or accumulative causality processes that drive forward the hyper-developed countries and trap the hypo-developed countries, condemning the latter to situations of relative backwardness. At the same time, within the framework of this circular vision of development, we discuss the meaning of democratic governance in development processes at two levels: from the internal perspective of the hypo-developed countries themselves affected by situations of political instability or subjected to authoritarian regimes, and from the point of view of governance at a global scale in the current scenario of globalization dominated by market forces.

Palavras-chave : development; governance; democracy; vicious circles and virtuous circles.