The Frail Emergence of Mexico's Democracy
Conquering Public Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4885017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María Pía Lara (0000-0001-6802-6424, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-78 |
| Publication date | 1998-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513698053000009 |
| OpenAlex | W2002505408 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This article offers a new interpretation of Mexico's transition to democracy that differs from the pessimistic and less culturally oriented ones that currently prevail. In the article I develop a normative model, which emphasizes the moral capacities of civil societies and their ability to inspire altruistic actions. I suggest that this approach is not only more compelling philosophically but also more plausible empirically. To demonstrate this, I reconstruct a series of events from Mexico's recent past. My discussion suggests that social actors can reconfigure societal self-understandings through moral interventions in the public sphere and that such refigurations of the symbolic order are central for democratic transition
Civil society · Democracy · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Moral order · Normative · Pessimism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public space · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Religion and Society Interactions
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |