Cualquier patipelao se siente con derecho a insultar a quienes trabajan en el servicio público” Debates y tensiones en torno a la dieta parlamentaria en Chile, 1924-2021

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dc.contributor.authorBarría, Diego
dc.contributor.authorOstiguy, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorAhumada Benítez, Daniel Leopoldo
dc.contributor.authorPoblete, Aldo
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-26T16:04:12Z
dc.date.available2025-02-26T16:04:12Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstract© 2022 Universidad Adolfo Ibanez. All rights reserved.In 2014, a group of young congressional deputies in Chile proposed reducing legislators' compensation by 50%. The goal was to solve a legitimacy problem stemming from the high income received by Congressional representatives in a context of severe social inequality. The literature generally states that legislative compensation has been a prerequisite for broadening democracy, as it allows people without income from sources other than daily work (e.g., rent or investments) to exercise a representative function in Congress. However, political science has not pondered the fact that legislative compensation is not always viewed as an instrument in the service of the quality of representation, but can instead become a source of political conflict, especially when its relative magnitude is very significant. This article aims to explore that dimension, through a study of the debates that legislative salaries (and especially their amount) have generated in Chilean society from 1924 to 2021. We argue that, over the course of those ninety years, legislative compensation has evolved from being viewed as a useful tool for incorporating new social sectors into political life to one generating a distortion of representation by giving parliamentarians a standard of living that puts them out of touch with the majority and makes them part of a select high-income minority.
dc.description.abstractIn 2014, a group of young congressional deputies in Chile proposed reducing legislators’ compensation by 50%. The goal was to solve a legitimacy problem stemming from the high income received by Congressional representatives in a context of severe social inequality. The literature generally states that legislative compensation has been a prerequisite for broadening democracy, as it allows people without income from sources other than daily work (e.g., rent or investments) to exercise a representative function in Congress. However, political science has not pondered the fact that legislative compensation is not always viewed as an instrument in the service of the quality of representation, but can instead become a source of political conflict, especially when its relative magnitude is very significant. This article aims to explore that dimension, through a study of the debates that legislative salaries (and especially their amount) have generated in Chilean society from 1924 to 2021. We argue that, over the course of those ninety years, legislative compensation has evolved from being viewed as a useful tool for incorporating new social sectors into political life to one generating a distortion of representation by giving parliamentarians a standard of living that puts them out of touch with the majority and makes them part of a select high-income minority.
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dc.fuente.origenScopus
dc.identifier.doi10.15691/07194714.2022.004
dc.identifier.issn07194803 07194714
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:85177164283
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/102252
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Historia; Ahumada Benítez, Daniel Leopoldo; S/I; 1193897
dc.language.isoes
dc.language.isoen
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dc.pagina.final136
dc.pagina.inicio101
dc.publisherUniversidad Adolfo Ibanez
dc.revistaEconomia y Politica
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectCongress
dc.subjectCongressional representatives
dc.subjectInequality
dc.subjectLegislative compensation
dc.subjectRepresentation
dc.subjectDieta parlamentaria
dc.subjectCongreso
dc.subjectCongresistas
dc.subjectDesigualdad
dc.subjectRepresentación
dc.subjectChile
dc.subject.ddc320
dc.subject.deweyCiencias políticases_ES
dc.subject.ods16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.subject.ods01 No poverty
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.odspa16 Paz, justicia e instituciones solidas
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleCualquier patipelao se siente con derecho a insultar a quienes trabajan en el servicio público” Debates y tensiones en torno a la dieta parlamentaria en Chile, 1924-2021
dc.title.alternativeAny tramp feels entitled to insult those who work in the public service: Debates and tensions about legislators’ compensation in Chile, 1924-2021
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen9
sipa.codpersvinculados1193897
sipa.trazabilidadSCOPUS;2023-12-03
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