The impact of 30 years of neoliberal reforms on citizen perception of the relation between democracy and human welfare in Costa Rica

This article sets out the findings of research undertaken in the framework of the invitation from the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales - CLACSO) on “Thirty Years of Democracy in Latin America,” which aimed to examine the current perception of Co...

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Autor principal: Álvarez Garro, Laura - Autor/a
Formato: Text publishedVersion Doc. de trabajo / Informes
Lenguaje:Eng
Publicado: CLACSO 2014
Materias:
Democracy
Neoliberalism
Perception
Human welfare
Discourse analysis
Acceso en línea:http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/collect/clacso/index/assoc/D10043.dir/LauraAlvarezGarroFinalArticle.pdf
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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Neoliberalism
Perception
Human welfare
Discourse analysis
spellingShingle Democracy
Neoliberalism
Perception
Human welfare
Discourse analysis
Álvarez Garro, Laura - Autor/a
The impact of 30 years of neoliberal reforms on citizen perception of the relation between democracy and human welfare in Costa Rica
topic_facet Democracy
Neoliberalism
Perception
Human welfare
Discourse analysis
description This article sets out the findings of research undertaken in the framework of the invitation from the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales - CLACSO) on “Thirty Years of Democracy in Latin America,” which aimed to examine the current perception of Costa Ricans regarding the notion of democracy and human welfare, considering the effects of introducing the neoliberal model thirty years ago. This required the analysis of two dimensions: first, what is notion of democracy Costa Ricans currently have and, secondly, whether this notion of democracy contemplates specific demands in terms of human development and general welfare, that is, what do Costa Ricans believe should be contained in a democracy to be considered legitimate by the population. Six focus groups were organized for this purpose, where the participants answered various questions related to the topic. Two broad conclusions may be drawn from the information collected: first, there is a relation between the way democracy is defined and the capacity to observe the impacts of the neoliberal reforms on human welfare; secondly, most of the groups consulted exhibited great difficulties in identifying the neoliberal reforms and how they are responsible for impacting human welfare.
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title The impact of 30 years of neoliberal reforms on citizen perception of the relation between democracy and human welfare in Costa Rica
title_short The impact of 30 years of neoliberal reforms on citizen perception of the relation between democracy and human welfare in Costa Rica
title_full The impact of 30 years of neoliberal reforms on citizen perception of the relation between democracy and human welfare in Costa Rica
title_fullStr The impact of 30 years of neoliberal reforms on citizen perception of the relation between democracy and human welfare in Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed The impact of 30 years of neoliberal reforms on citizen perception of the relation between democracy and human welfare in Costa Rica
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