Malaise in Representation in Latin American Countries [electronic resource] : Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay /
Joignant, Alfredo.editor.
Morales, Mauricio.editor.
Fuentes, Claudio.editor.
This edited volume examines malaise with democracy within three middle-income Latin American countries - Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. In particular, the book focuses on the gap within public opinion on democratic system within the context of crisis of representation and breakdowns of democracy. Based on a study using comparative and systematic survey data, the contributors of this volume provide a solid analysis on the state of democracy in three Latin American countries, whose lessons are useful for all types of democracy, in the north and the south. .
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Malaise in Representation: Attitudes, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Causalities  -- Discontent, Collective Protest, and Social Movements in Chile  -- Malaise and Democracy in Chile  -- Elite-Mass Congruence in Chile  -- Malaise in Representation in Chile: An Eighteen-Year-Old Debate  -- Political Opportunity Structure, Social Movements, and Malaise in Representation in Uruguay, 1985-2014  -- Weak Malaise with Democracy in Uruguay  -- Political congruence in Uruguay, 2014  -- Uruguay: A Counterexample of Malaise in Representation A Propitious Transformation of the Old Party Democracy  -- Protest, Social Movements, and Malaise in Political Representation in Argentina  -- Malaise in political representation: Citizen Attitudes and Sociocultural Tensions in Argentine Democracy  -- Mass-Elite Congruence and Representation in Argentina  -- Political representation and malaise in representation in present-day Argentina  -- AFTERWORD: A GENERAL VIEW Malaise as a Symptom of Conflict: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay in Comparative Perspective.
This edited volume examines malaise with democracy within three middle-income Latin American countries - Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. In particular, the book focuses on the gap within public opinion on democratic system within the context of crisis of representation and breakdowns of democracy. Based on a study using comparative and systematic survey data, the contributors of this volume provide a solid analysis on the state of democracy in three Latin American countries, whose lessons are useful for all types of democracy, in the north and the south. .
Democracy.
Ethnology-Latin America.
Latin America-Politics and government.
Political science.
Area studies.
Economic development.
Democracy.
Latin American Culture.
Latin American Politics.
Political Science.
Area Studies.
Development Studies.