Post on 21-Mar-2016
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Perceptions and misperceptions in Latin American politicsBreaking out from the traditional right-left paradigm, The case of Chile
Pedro Parraguez RuizUniversity of Bath
Geography in Latam as well as the politicallandscape is heterogeneous and complex
From the northern frontierin the Atacama desert
To the Patagonia fields and its “ice camps”,
The centre of the country in the coast
And the valleys
This geographic metaphor allows us to givea more detailed view at the left-right political paradigm
This is how we usually visualize the political spectrum
But a bi dimensional analysis is not enough
And Latin America is young and it is building its own models
Some interesting topics to look into are:
Moving away from the extremes, no Pinochets or Allendes
Latam politics are more than Fidel Castro and Chavez
Hybrid models, the economically liberal “left” in Chile and the “popular right”
Privatization and social welfare
Citizen movements in Latam
Independientes en Red
The impact of young voters
The relevance of religion (still) in politics
And some of those issues were reflectedin our last political election
Sebastián Piñera Echenique
44%
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle30%
Marco Enríquez-Ominami
20%
Jorge Arrate Mac-Niven
6%
Chilean Presidential Campaign 2009Changing playersand trends
What are your perceptions (and misperceptions)about Latam politics and the right-left paradigm?