Open Access¿Is Democracy in Latin America not liberal and is liberalism not democratic?
Author(s) -
Andrés Gómez Polanco
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
democracias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2737-6192
pISSN - 1390-826X
DOI - 10.54887/27376192.19
Subject(s) - democracy , liberalism , character (mathematics) , latin americans , liberal democracy , political science , politics , political economy , representative democracy , direct democracy , sociology , law and economics , law , geometry , mathematics
Latin American democracy has been a controversial concept due to its different interpretations by scholars and political actors. Some authors emphasize its illiberal character and other ones its elitist notion. This essay will argue that democracy, in the region, has been a symbiosis between non-democratic liberalism and illiberal democracy. Therefore, the feasibility of this democracy with adjectives has been channelized by populist phenomenon.