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Chile's Constitutional Chaos

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ID6286659
AuthorsJennifer M Piscopo (0000-0002-9043-1810), Peter M Siavelis (0000-0002-6198-8206)
Year2023
Volume34
Issue1
Pages141-155
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2023.0009
OpenAlexW4316259321
LanguageEN
Citations received24

On 4 September 2022, Chilean voters resoundingly rejected a progressive new constitution that offered a blueprint for social democracy. Some observers argue that Chile wisely escaped a narrow brush with a brand of authoritarian leftism long dominant in Latin America. This interpretation is simplistic and obscures the wider forces of illiberalism that contributed to the constitution's defeat. With the intrusion of everyday politics into the process, any reboot of the constitutional process will likely lead to a document that offers a much narrower vision of democracy

Authoritarianism · Blueprint · Constitution · Democracy · Interpretation (philosophy · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reboot · Sociology · Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies · Computer Science · Engineering · Human Rights and Immigration · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

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Unique citing works24
Citations per year8
Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 22

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