Chavismo features in Venezuela’s political culture
This paper analyzes the political culture of Venezuela during the Hugo Chavez government, especially how much the partisan political movement of the defunct president had its roots in the structures (attitudinal and positive) of the people who followed him. We take into consideration the public opin...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios Latinoamericanos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/57450 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rel/article/view/57450 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | political culture populism authoritarianism Venezuela. cultura política populismo autoritarismo |
| Sumario: | This paper analyzes the political culture of Venezuela during the Hugo Chavez government, especially how much the partisan political movement of the defunct president had its roots in the structures (attitudinal and positive) of the people who followed him. We take into consideration the public opinion data of 1998-2015 of Latinobarometro and a poll conducted in 2016 by the Red de Estudios Politicos of Venezuela (RedPol), which focuses on political culture. Our findings suggest the existence of highly partisan social settings in poor, yet democratic, areas. These places serve as fertile grounds for the emergence of charismatic leaders inclined to authoritarianism. Unlike the populist “rebellion of the poor” argument, the socio-demographic and socio-economic variables found here have no links –at least not in a perceivable way– to populist features. |
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