The Paradoxes of Social Cohesion in Latin America

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dc.contributor.authorSomma, Nicolas M.
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Eduardo
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T12:44:03Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T12:44:03Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis essay explores the paradoxes of social cohesion in Latin America, with social cohesion being understood as the force that keep societies united and allow individuals to become integrated to them. We argue that social cohesion relies on three spheres: the market, the political community, and the civil society. We compare Latin America with the developed democracies of the North and suggest that the former has problems for producing social cohesion -and yet Latin American societies do not disintegrate.
dc.description.abstractOn the basis of this diagnostic we present, for each sphere, a specific paradox and a tentative answer. 1) Regarding the market, how is it possible that in a very unequal region with little occupational mobility, most people believe that socioeconomic differences result from individual rather than structural factors, and that they also believe that they and their children will move upward in the future? Our tentative answer combines the drastic expansion of educational credentials, high labor informality, and the historical weakness of labor unions and parties. 2) Regarding the political community, how can political institutions persist given their weak performance and the lower levels of citizen participation and institutional trust? Our answer considers the cohesive role of national identity and the clientelistic and personalistic political tradition in the region. 3) Regarding civil society, how is it possible that Latin Americans are not more intolerant to others than citizens of the developed North, given their lower levels of interpersonal trust and associational membership? Our answer is based on the historical weakness of ethnic, international, and religious conflicts in Latin America.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-07-10
dc.format.extent33 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.issn1315-2378
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/77642
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000356199400002
dc.information.autorucSociología;Somma N;S/I;1007923
dc.information.autorucSociología;Valenzuela E;S/I;58271
dc.issue.numero61
dc.language.isoes
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.publisherCLAD-LATINOAMERICANO ADMINISTRACION DESARROLLO
dc.revistaREVISTA DEL CLAD REFORMA Y DEMOCRACIA
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectSocial Cohesion
dc.subjectMarket
dc.subjectCivil Society
dc.subjectPolitical Society
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subject.ods01 No Poverty
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleThe Paradoxes of Social Cohesion in Latin America
dc.typeartículo
sipa.codpersvinculados1007923
sipa.codpersvinculados58271
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.indexScopus
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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