Denis Petri is a political scientist, international consultant and researcher. He is Professor at the Latin American University of Science and Technology (Costa Rica), the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (UNESCO) and the Interamerican Center for Social Security Studies and a Lecturer at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands). He is the International Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom; Founder and scholar-at-large of the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America; and Executive Director of the Foundation Platform for Social Transformation. He has a PhD in Political Philosophy from VU University Amsterdam as well as a Master in Political Science and a Research Master in Comparative Politics, specializing in Latin America, from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po). He has published on freedom of religion, religion and politics, social dialogue, parliamentary reform and democracy assistance. He has testified in the parliaments of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

• .- History of the Political System of Costa Rica..- Features of the Political System..- Branches of government..- Beyond Representative Democracy..- Policy Fields..- Epilogue: The Resilience of Costa Rican Democracy.

Denis Petri is a political scientist, international consultant and researcher. He is Professor at the Latin American University of Science and Technology (Costa Rica), the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (UNESCO) and the Interamerican Center for Social Security Studies and a Lecturer at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands). He is the International Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom; Founder and scholar-at-large of the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America; and Executive Director of the Foundation Platform for Social Transformation. He has a PhD in Political Philosophy from VU University Amsterdam as well as a Master in Political Science and a Research Master in Comparative Politics, specializing in Latin America, from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po). He has published on freedom of religion, religion and politics, social dialogue, parliamentary reform and democracy assistance. He has testified in the parliaments of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

• .- History of the Political System of Costa Rica..- Features of the Political System..- Branches of government..- Beyond Representative Democracy..- Policy Fields..- Epilogue: The Resilience of Costa Rican Democracy.

Denis Petri is a political scientist, international consultant and researcher. He is Professor at the Latin American University of Science and Technology (Costa Rica), the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (UNESCO) and the Interamerican Center for Social Security Studies and a Lecturer at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands). He is the International Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom; Founder and scholar-at-large of the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America; and Executive Director of the Foundation Platform for Social Transformation. He has a PhD in Political Philosophy from VU University Amsterdam as well as a Master in Political Science and a Research Master in Comparative Politics, specializing in Latin America, from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po). He has published on freedom of religion, religion and politics, social dialogue, parliamentary reform and democracy assistance. He has testified in the parliaments of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

• .- History of the Political System of Costa Rica..- Features of the Political System..- Branches of government..- Beyond Representative Democracy..- Policy Fields..- Epilogue: The Resilience of Costa Rican Democracy.