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- Title
Doing Politics in a Depoliticised Society: Social Change and Political Deactivation in Chile.
- Authors
Silva, Patricio
- Abstract
This article explores the process of political deactivation in Chile which has taken place since the military coup of 1973. Its stresses a series of political, social and cultural factors which have produced an increasing depoliticisation of the Chilean population under both the Pinochet regime and the current Concertaciòn governments. The forced depoliticisation generated by repression and fears under the military government marked the genesis of political deactivation. Since the late 1970s the marketisation of Chilean society and its increased consumerist orientation have weakened even further the readiness and interest among Chilean citizens to participate actively in party politics. In addition, in recent years politicians and politics in general have experienced in Chile a growing decrease of prestige and credibility. The media, and particularly the television, have become the main arenas in which new style politicians sell their electoral products to a depoliticised mass who expect quick and concrete solutions to their particular problems and demands.
- Subjects
CHILE; LATIN America; SOCIAL change; COUPS d'etat; DEMOCRACY
- Publication
Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2004, Vol 23, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0261-3050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1470-9856.2004.00096.x