The chapter offers a large comparative study of the fairly new democracies of Latin America to examine the influence of specific qualities of democracies on levels and forms of popular contention using survey data. The analysis shows that in regimes that are hybrid in nature for the concept of political opportunity structure to be analytically useful it is necessary to pay attention to some contextual conditions: equality, freedom, and responsiveness. The chapter also shows that grievance-related factors experienced at the individual level come into play and interact with those contextual characteristics. The chapter acknowledges that often political opportunities are offered by forces and institutions that are not traditionally considered political, such as the military.

Qualities of democracy, dissatisfaction and contention in Latin America: The role of equality, freedom and responsiveness / Quaranta, Mario. - (2016), pp. 73-96.

Qualities of democracy, dissatisfaction and contention in Latin America: The role of equality, freedom and responsiveness

Mario Quaranta
2016-01-01

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The chapter offers a large comparative study of the fairly new democracies of Latin America to examine the influence of specific qualities of democracies on levels and forms of popular contention using survey data. The analysis shows that in regimes that are hybrid in nature for the concept of political opportunity structure to be analytically useful it is necessary to pay attention to some contextual conditions: equality, freedom, and responsiveness. The chapter also shows that grievance-related factors experienced at the individual level come into play and interact with those contextual characteristics. The chapter acknowledges that often political opportunities are offered by forces and institutions that are not traditionally considered political, such as the military.
2016
Popular Contention, Regime, and Transition: the Arab Revolts in Comparative Global Perspective.
New York
Oxford University Press
978-0-19-020357-3
Quaranta, Mario
Qualities of democracy, dissatisfaction and contention in Latin America: The role of equality, freedom and responsiveness / Quaranta, Mario. - (2016), pp. 73-96.
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