Material complementario para el "Seminario sobre grupos de presión y la seguridad social en América Latina", coordinado por Carmelo Mesa-Lago y organizado por el CIESS, llevado a cabo en México, D.F. en julio de 1975. Publicado en: The American Political Science Review, vol. 57, marzo 1963, p. 62-74.

"Current conditions in Uruguay suggest many problematical questions. All must be considered within the context of a democratic, social welfare-oriented system which has produced the highest average level of living in Latin America commensurate with national resources. Has emphasis on political and personal freedom created conditions in which political institutions perform functions quite different from those normally allotted them in traditional institutional analyses? If this is so, are these institutions actually dysfunctional, even within the unique Uruguayan context? To what extent have the demands of interest groups created this dysfunction, and to what extent have they defeated efforts to undertake institutional improvement or correction? Does Uruguayan political experience demonstrate any special and transferable genius which can be employed by the sister republics to their own advantage?".

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