Two different democratic destinies before Latin America

There exists an erroneous academic and political dilemma, propelled by the right, when characterizing the current course of Latin America as one that sits between democracy and dictatorship, as the only political horizons possible for the continent. On the contrary, the author affirms that this disp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Lynch Gamero, Nicolas Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/14651
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/discursos/article/view/14651
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Democracy
dictatorship
elite democracies
social democracies
Democracia
dictadura
democracias de élite
democracias sociales
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Sumario:There exists an erroneous academic and political dilemma, propelled by the right, when characterizing the current course of Latin America as one that sits between democracy and dictatorship, as the only political horizons possible for the continent. On the contrary, the author affirms that this dispute is actually between elite democracies and social democracies. From this point, the author describes the political processes of the last decades in the region and proposes possible democratic horizons.