Guillermo O'Donnell According to Gerardo Munck

Guillermo O'Donnell marked a change in democratic thought. His focus on Latin America gave him a different perspective. He combined Western political traditions with the experiences of those in Latin America. The result was a degree of creativity few possessed in the social sciences. He shaped ideas about political modernization, democratization, and democratic quality. Gerardo Munck worked with Guillermo O'Donnell on a few projects, but has also closely studied his ideas. Munck is a highly influential political scientist in his own right who is a professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. He is also the coauthor of Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Political Science where he interviewed an earlier generation of political scientists including O'Donnell. This is a bonus episode available only for premium subscribers or supports at Patreon. It is part of a series on the great thinkers of democratic thought through conversations with contemporary scholars.