Peasants' Social Representation of Politicians in a Clientelist Rural Context

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12397232
AutoresFernando Landini (0000-0001-7523-458X, Research Institute, School of Psychology University of Buenos Aires Argentina), Fernando Pablo Landini (0000-0002-5322-2921, University of Cuenca del Plata, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen23
Número2
Páginas115-127
Fecha de publicación2012-01-23
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.2105
OpenAlexW1487652167
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas10

In Latin America, political clientelism is one of the main obstacles to the process of sustaining truly democratic practices. Thus, this article proposes to study peasants from the Province of Formosa, Argentina's social representation of politicians, in hopes of shedding light on the relationship between said representations and clientelist practices, with the objective of making a contribution to the development of alternative means towards democratization in the area. The results of this case study show that, at the center of the peasants' social representation of politicians, there lies a tendency to place their expectations for receiving assistance within a context of a personalized and hierarchical relationship framework. Nevertheless, the majority of these farmers consider the assistance received to be insufficient and inadequate, stating that politicians actually look to satisfy their own interests and not those of the general public. In conclusion, the peasants' social representation of politicians favors clientelist practices, even though these small farmers do not identify, via their culture or their expectations, with these practices. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Clientelism · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Democratization · Geography · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Social representation · Social science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America