Representação, crise e mal-estar institucional

Assuming from the very beginning that contemporary democracies cannot work without active parliaments, this article deals with the recurrent image of the crisis of representation of the modern State, that is, with the latter's alleged difficulties to fulfill some of the strategic roles demanded...

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Author: Nogueira, Marco Aurélio [UNESP]
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/110029
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-69922014000100006
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110029
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:representação
democracia
Estado
política
parlamento
representation
democracy
State
politics
parliament
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Summary:Assuming from the very beginning that contemporary democracies cannot work without active parliaments, this article deals with the recurrent image of the crisis of representation of the modern State, that is, with the latter's alleged difficulties to fulfill some of the strategic roles demanded by complex societies in recent times. I contend that the problems of legitimacy in today's political systems are linked with the crisis of the State triggered by the new economic and social structures of contemporary capitalism. According to my hypothesis, the transformations of capitalist society - i.e., of hypermodernity - jeopardized and bypassed representation, which is now facing serious operational issues.