Malaise in Representation in Latin American Countries

1. Front Matter

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2. Malaise in Representation: Attitudes, Beliefs, Behaviors, and Causalities

   • Alfredo Joignant, Mauricio Morales, Claudio Fuentes

   Pages 1-43

3. Chile, a Chronic Malaise with and Among Elites

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. Discontent, Collective Protest, and Social Movements in Chile

      • Nicolás M. Somma

      Pages 47-68

   3. Malaise and Democracy in Chile

      • Carolina Segovia

      Pages 69-92

   4. Elite–Mass Congruence in Chile

      • Peter M. Siavelis

      Pages 93-118

   5. Malaise in Representation in Chile: An 18-Year-Old Debate in Search of Evidence

      • Patricio Navia

      Pages 119-136

4. Uruguay, the Antonym of Malaise

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Political Opportunity Structure, Social Movements, and Malaise in Representation in Uruguay, 1985–2014

      • Germán Bidegain, Víctor Tricot

      Pages 139-160

   3. Weak Malaise with Democracy in Uruguay

      • Daniel Chasquetti

      Pages 161-185

   4. Political Congruence in Uruguay, 2014

      • Daniel Buquet, Lucía Selios

      Pages 187-210

   5. Uruguay: A Counterexample of Malaise in Representation: A Propitious Transformation of the Old Party Democracy

      • Jorge Lanzaro, Rafael Piñeiro

      Pages 211-231

5. Argentina, the Malaise as Routine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233

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   2. Protest, Social Movements, and Malaise in Political Representation in Argentina

      • Sebastián Pereyra

      Pages 235-256

   3. Malaise in Political Representation: Citizen Attitudes and Sociocultural Tensions in Argentine Democracy

      • Mariana Heredia, Federico Lorenc Valcarce

      Pages 257-280

   4. Mass–Elite Congruence and Representation in Argentina

      • Noam Lupu, Zach Warner

      Pages 281-302

   5. Political Representation and Malaise in Representation in Present-Day Argentina

      • Gabriel Vommaro

      Pages 303-322

   6. Malaise as a Symptom of Conflict: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay in Comparative Perspective

      • Manuel Alcántara, Timothy J. Power

      Pages 323-337

6. Back Matter

   Pages 339-343

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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.  

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• social science
• sociology
• latin american politics
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• Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile

  Alfredo Joignant, Mauricio Morales, Claudio Fuentes

Alfredo Joignant is Professor of Political Science at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, and Principal Researcher of the Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES).  


Mauricio Morales is Professor of Political Science at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, and Associate Researcher at the Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES). 
 
Claudio Fuentes is Professor of Political Science at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, and Associate Researcher at the Intercultural Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies (CIIR).

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