QUANDO A INSTABILIDADE SE TORNA ESTÁVEL: POLIARQUIA, DESIGUALDADE SOCIAL E CULTURA POLÍTICA NA AMÉRICA LATINA

Abstract

Although few studies study the relationship between inequality and democratic promotion in Latin America, it cannot be ignored how citizens perceive the country’s economic situation as well as their own economic situation, and how it impacts the decrease in political engagement. In this paper, the idea that objective adverse economic conditions influence the form that citizens perceive political institutions and the level of trust in them is developed. The conclusion points out to the need of establishing social policies of a distributive nature in order to promote democracy in its social dimension.