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50
Citations
20852
World Ranking
229
National Ranking
135

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Mattei Dogan Prize from International Political Science Association

Overview

Guillermo O'Donnell was affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research spanned the fields of social sciences, with a clear focus on political science and international relations. The main topics of their scholarly work included comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies and political theory and democracy.

Their publication record featured recent papers such as Accountability Horizontal La institucionalización legal de la desconfianza política (2021), published in Isonomía - Revista de teoría y filosofía del derecho. This work addressed issues related to political accountability and legal institutionalization of political distrust. Another publication in 2025 included Prediction of the risk of diabetic foot from corneal nerve images using deep learning algorithms, featured in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, reflecting a collaboration in a distinct applied research area.

Frequent coauthors in their research included:

  • Chang Liu
  • Lei Zhu
  • Myeong Ju Koh
  • Mingyi Yu
  • Isabelle Xin Yu Lee

O'Donnell's work was disseminated through venues such as:

  • Isonomía - Revista de teoría y filosofía del derecho
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

In recognition of their contributions to political science, Guillermo O'Donnell received the Mattei Dogan Prize from the International Political Science Association in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies

    Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter

  • Horizontal Accountability in New Democracies

    Guillermo A. O'Donnell

  • Estado y políticas estatales en América Latina: hacia una estrategia de investigación

    Oscar Oszlak;Guillermo A. O'Donnell

  • On the State, Democratization and Some Conceptual Problems: A Latin American View with Glances at Some Postcommunist Countries

    Guillermo O'Donnell

  • Illusions About Consolidation

    Guillermo A. O'Donnell

  • Modernization and bureaucratic-authoritarianism: studies in South American politics

    Guillermo A. O'Donnell

  • Why the Rule of Law Matters

    Guillermo A. O'Donnell

  • Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Prospects for Democracy

    Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter;Laurence Whitehead

  • Shaping the Political Arena

    Ruth Berins Collier;David Collier;Guillermo O'Donnell

  • The Quality of Democracy: Theory and Applications

    Guillermo O'Donnell;Jorge Vargas Cullell

  • Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Comparative Perspectives

    Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter;Laurence Whitehead

  • Issues in democratic consolidation : the new South American democracies in comparative perspective

    Scott Mainwaring;Guillermo A. O'Donnell;J. Samuel Valenzuela

  • Democracy, Law, and Comparative Politics

    Guillermo A. O’Donnell

  • The (un)rule of law and the underprivileged in Latin America

    Juan E. Méndez;Guillermo A. O'Donnell;Paulo Sérgio de M. S. Pinheiro

  • Bureaucratic Authoritarianism: Argentina 1966-1973 in Comparative Perspective

    Guillermo A. O'Donnell

  • State and alliances in Argentina, 1956–1976

    Guillermo O'Donnell

  • Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Latin America

    Guillermo A. O'Donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter;Laurence Whitehead

  • Horizontal Accountability: The Legal Institutionalization of Mistrust

    Guillermo O'Donnell

  • Counterpoints: Selected Essays on Authoritarianism and Democratization

    Guillermo A. O'Donnell

  • Human Development, Human Rights, and Democracy

    Guillermo O’Donnell

  • Polyarchies and the (un)rule of law in Latin America

    Guillermo O'Donnell

  • Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Southern Europe

    Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter;Laurence Whitehead

  • Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics

    Gerardo L. Munck;Richard Snyder;Gabriel Abraham Almond;Barrington Moore

  • REFLECTIONS ON THE PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN THE BUREAUCRATIC- AUTHORITARIAN STATE

    Guillermo O'Donnell

  • Bureaucratic Authoritarianism: Argentina, 1966-1973, in Comparative Perspective

    Abraham F. Lowenthal;Guillermo O'Donnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe C. Schmitter
Philippe C. Schmitter European University Institute
Laurence Whitehead
Laurence Whitehead University of Oxford
Abraham F. Lowenthal
Abraham F. Lowenthal University of Southern California
Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski New York University
Scott Mainwaring
Scott Mainwaring University of Notre Dame
Gerardo L. Munck
Gerardo L. Munck University of Southern California
Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington Harvard University
Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen Harvard University
Albert O. Hirschman
Albert O. Hirschman Institute for Advanced Study
David Collier
David Collier University of California, Berkeley

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