Legitimidad y compromiso democrático. Impases contemporáneos en América Latina

• Authors: Maria do Socorro Sousa Braga , Gabriel Avila Casalecchi
• Languages of publication: ES

Abstracts

ES

Ante el contexto de la alternancia de grupos políticos más próximos a la extrema derecha en países de América Latina en las últimas elecciones nacionales, el objetivo de este artículo es evaluar algunas actitudes políticas de los ciudadanos y su relación con los cambios en el régimen político que permitan identificar cuál es el nivel la “reserva de legitimidad política” y de compromiso con la democracia en esta región. Para ello, el análisis es realizado mediante medidas empíricas informadas por el instituto de investigación Latinobarómetro. Se han revelado al menos dos impases de las democracias latinoamericanas: primero, la reserva de compromiso con el régimen es pequeña, demostrado por el bajo apoyo de las sociedades a la democracia y a su estructura institucional; segundo, es cada vez menos efectiva la legitimidad democrática, lo que es demostrado por las elevadas tasas de insatisfacción y desconfianza tanto con el desempeño del régimen como con la actuación de la clase política tradicional.

EN

Given the context of alternation of political groups closer to the extreme right in Latin American countries in the last national elections, the objective of this article is to assess political attitudes of citizens and their relationship with changes in the political regime that allow us to identify the level of the “reservoir of political legitimacy” and commitment to democracy in this region. This analysis is done through empirical measures of the Latinobarómetro. The study revealed at least two impasses of Latin American democracies: first, the reservoir of commitment to the political regime is very low, demonstrated by the low support of societies for democracy and their institutional structure; second, democratic legitimacy is becoming less effective, as there are high rates of dissatisfaction and distrust with the performance of both the political regime and the performance of the traditional political class.

Keywords

ES

legitimidad política, compromiso democrático, democracia representativa, América Latina

EN

political legitimacy, democratic commitment, representative democracy, Latin America

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Anuario Latinoamericano – Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 7

Dates

published

2019

online

2019-12-27

Contributors

author

Maria do Socorro Sousa Braga

author

Gabriel Avila Casalecchi

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17951/al.2019.7.213-230