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Las Transiciones Chilenas. Notas Sobre Discursos Y Representaciones Acerca del Proceso de Transición A la Democracia en Chile
The Chilean Transitions. Notes on Speeches and Representations about the Process of Transition to Democracy in Chile

Author(s): Eduardo Araya Leüpin
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: Chile; consolidation; democracy; dictatorship; transition

Summary/Abstract: In one way or another, we all have an image of what is or eventually should be a democracy. In the same way, perhaps in a more diffuse way because of our experiences and collective memories, we also have some representation about what a transition to democracy should look like. These representations are not ideologically neutral, nor alien to the environment or conjuncture. The present text, rather than describing a (historical) process, proposes, instead, a political sciences analysis about Chile’s difficult road to democratization after the fall of Pinochet’s regime. Afterwards, it tries to review the constructed imaginary about the transition process and its temporal variations.

  • Issue Year: 6/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 79-100
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Spanish