Christian Democracy at the Local Level in the Post-dictatorship Era: Political Practices and Clientele Relations in a Chilean Comuna

This work analyses the interactions between the population of a Chilean comuna and two local authorities of the Christian Democrat Party: a former mayor and current municipal councillor. Through a diachronic analysis including in-depth interviews and political ethnography we analyse how concepts and...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	David Luján Verón, Aníbal Pérez Contreras
Format:	Article
Language:	Spanish
Published:	Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2018-01-01
Series:	Íconos
Subjects:	Political work Christian Democracy clientelism representations of the State Chilean municipality
Online Access:	http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/2815

id	doaj-bbd4f4380e7d4485893d7f546bbe3c4b
record_format	Article
spelling	doaj-bbd4f4380e7d4485893d7f546bbe3c4b2020-11-24T23:49:32ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos 2224-69831390-12492018-01-01226014316310.17141/iconos.60.2018.2815Christian Democracy at the Local Level in the Post-dictatorship Era: Political Practices and Clientele Relations in a Chilean ComunaDavid Luján Verón0Aníbal Pérez Contreras1El Colegio de MéxicoUniversidad de Santiago de ChileThis work analyses the interactions between the population of a Chilean comuna and two local authorities of the Christian Democrat Party: a former mayor and current municipal councillor. Through a diachronic analysis including in-depth interviews and political ethnography we analyse how concepts and practices around the exercise of politics are understood by these politicians and analyse ow they interact with the local population. We analyse how notions about politics, loyalty and the proper behaviour of an elected official are understood. Through the issues analysed we provoke the reader to rethink ‘clientelism’ and its role in everyday life and in state building at the local level.http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/2815Political workChristian Democracyclientelismrepresentations of the StateChilean municipality
collection	DOAJ
language	Spanish
format	Article
sources	DOAJ
author	David Luján Verón Aníbal Pérez Contreras
spellingShingle	David Luján Verón Aníbal Pérez Contreras Christian Democracy at the Local Level in the Post-dictatorship Era: Political Practices and Clientele Relations in a Chilean Comuna Íconos Political work Christian Democracy clientelism representations of the State Chilean municipality
author_facet	David Luján Verón Aníbal Pérez Contreras
author_sort	David Luján Verón
title	Christian Democracy at the Local Level in the Post-dictatorship Era: Political Practices and Clientele Relations in a Chilean Comuna
title_short	Christian Democracy at the Local Level in the Post-dictatorship Era: Political Practices and Clientele Relations in a Chilean Comuna
title_full	Christian Democracy at the Local Level in the Post-dictatorship Era: Political Practices and Clientele Relations in a Chilean Comuna
title_fullStr	Christian Democracy at the Local Level in the Post-dictatorship Era: Political Practices and Clientele Relations in a Chilean Comuna
title_full_unstemmed	Christian Democracy at the Local Level in the Post-dictatorship Era: Political Practices and Clientele Relations in a Chilean Comuna
title_sort	christian democracy at the local level in the post-dictatorship era: political practices and clientele relations in a chilean comuna
publisher	Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
series	Íconos
issn	2224-6983 1390-1249
publishDate	2018-01-01
description	This work analyses the interactions between the population of a Chilean comuna and two local authorities of the Christian Democrat Party: a former mayor and current municipal councillor. Through a diachronic analysis including in-depth interviews and political ethnography we analyse how concepts and practices around the exercise of politics are understood by these politicians and analyse ow they interact with the local population. We analyse how notions about politics, loyalty and the proper behaviour of an elected official are understood. Through the issues analysed we provoke the reader to rethink ‘clientelism’ and its role in everyday life and in state building at the local level.
topic	Political work Christian Democracy clientelism representations of the State Chilean municipality
url	http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/2815
work_keys_str_mv	AT davidlujanveron christiandemocracyatthelocallevelinthepostdictatorshiperapoliticalpracticesandclientelerelationsinachileancomuna AT anibalperezcontreras christiandemocracyatthelocallevelinthepostdictatorshiperapoliticalpracticesandclientelerelationsinachileancomuna
_version_	1725481972906590208

Christian Democracy at the Local Level in the Post-dictatorship Era: Political Practices and Clientele Relations in a Chilean Comuna

Similar Items