The Transition to Radical Democracy in Latin America?: Insights from the Cases of Bolivia, Colombia and Chile

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2022-12-26

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Aykaç, Osman Eren

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The aim of the thesis is to re-examine the democracy in Bolivia, Colombia and Chile from the radical democratic perspective surrounded by the newly emerging political pendulum as the resurgence of the Left in Latin America. The argument that Latin American democracy is in transition process to radical democracy has been advocated within the framework of the developments in the region. Since the 1980s, defined as the democratization process in Latin America, social movements and struggles continue within the framework of inclusive citizenship, greater freedom and the expansion of political participation. Democracy and democratization are phenomenas that have always been up-to-date in the context of Latin America. Moreover, Latin American democracy has its own characteristics, which differ from the experience of countries that can be described as the West or the Global North. Therefore, analyzing Latin American democracy only in terms of liberal democratic conceptualization may lead to a deficit conclusion. In order to understand the democracy comprehensively in the region, it is necessary to examine concepts related to democracy such as demos, populism, citizenship, and political participation. By doing this, it should be taken into account regional dynamics, historical institutional legacies, and especially to reconceptualize and understand them in line with the tenets of the theory of radical democracy. Radical democratic transition is also evaluated as the possibility of ‘the New Pink Tide’ flourished by ‘A Left Turn’ in Latin America.

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Latin America, Radical Democracy, Democratic Transition, Populism, Resurgence of the Left

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O. E. Aykaç, “The Transition to Radical Democracy in Latin America?: Insights from the Cases of Bolivia, Colombia and Chile,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.