Colombia. Low-quality democracy and social inequalities

Authors

  • Javier Duque Daza Universidad del Valle (Univalle), Colombia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2236672521593

Keywords:

democracy, quality of democracy, inequality, social rights, poverty.

Abstract

This paper analyses the relationship between the quality of democracy and social inequality in Colombia. The central argument is that Colombia has a low-quality democracy expressed in the procedural and also in other dimensions of substance or substantive nature. Colombia is one of the lowest quality democracies in Latin America and in the dimension of equality is one of the countries worst living conditions of its citizens. People get very little of democracy, public policies and decisions of those who represent or express the general interests of society. The article is part of a larger comparative research coordinated by Leonardo Morlino.

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Author Biography

Javier Duque Daza, Universidad del Valle (Univalle), Colombia.

Doctor en Ciencia Política; Profesor en la Universidad del Valle (Univalle), Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

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Published

2015-12-29

How to Cite

Daza, J. D. (2015). Colombia. Low-quality democracy and social inequalities. Século XXI: Journal of Social Sciences, 5(2), 167–214. https://doi.org/10.5902/2236672521593

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2015): Dossier Democracy, Inequalities and Political Culture in Latin America

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