Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Since the beginning of the 21st century, the political regime and society in some South American countries have experienced significant changes and conflicts that call into question what is meant by democracy. Refoundational movements and governments explicitly emerged as a consequence of the crisis of representation and the breakdown of traditional institutions, bringing the promise of a fairer society. Those governments improved the situation of those living in social conditions of deprivation and postulated rights, so we can recognize a first dimension of “liberation” from obstacles and barriers. However, the concentration of power in a (semi)embodied leadership and a scarcely deliberative public life eroded the scope of its original principles
Source: Revista USP
Author: Isidoro Cheresky
Institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2549961391