Current Issues on the Political Representation of Middle Classes in Chile

Barozet, Émmanuelle; Espinoza, Vicente

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“…Between 2010 and 2014, the labour market displayed dynamics reflecting excessive demands and scarce rewards in terms of both job security and wages (Stecher and Godoy, 2014). Furthermore, this period saw the emergence of debates on vulnerability, while the intermediate classes began to experience deterioration or insecurity regarding their welfare (Barozet and Espinoza, 2016; Castillo, 2016). This situation was compounded by increasing pressures resulting from the acceleration of production processes, the extension of the workday, and an increase in commuting times.…”

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“…Studies on inequalities grew in relevance during this period, especially those that examined the effects of neoliberalism on specific social groups (Gárate, 2012; Novaro, 2021; Ruiz and Boccardo, 2014; Undurraga, 2014). This situation explains the relevance gained by approaches focused on the middle classes (Barozet and Espinoza, 2008, 2016, Barozet and Fierro, 2011; Castillo, 2016; Méndez and Gayo, 2007, 2018) and their emergence as a field of study for analysing social inequalities through subjects’ inter-class mobility (between the working and intermediate classes).…”

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Social Inequalities in Argentina and Chile: A Comparative Analysis of Welfare Models, Labour Policies, and Occupational Trajectories from a Biographical Perspective

Terra

Donoso

2022

Journal of Politics in Latin America

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The article analyses the configurations of social inequality in Argentina and Chile between 2000 and 2019 through a comparative biographical approach that combines three dimensions: macro-social (welfare models), meso-social (labour policies), and micro-social (occupational trajectories). In Argentina, welfare schemes oscillated between moderate protectionism and a liberal approach; in Chile, a movement was observed between revised neoliberalism and a protectionist liberal welfare approach. Regarding labour policies, a transition from employment regulation to self-management was observed in the Argentine job market; in Chile, a meritocratic discourse remains that advocates for worker self-management, regardless of changes in welfare schemes. These differences have no appreciable impact on the configuration of class trajectories, which are similar in both countries. While the service classes generally construct advantageous trajectories, the intermediate classes are ambivalently affected by crises and insufficient protection and the working classes accumulate disadvantages since they are conditioned by welfare schemes and social-labour policies.

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Section: The Study Of Social and Class Differences: Prior Work In Arg...mentioning

confidence: 95%

Social Inequalities in Argentina and Chile: A Comparative Analysis of Welfare Models, Labour Policies, and Occupational Trajectories from a Biographical Perspective

Terra

Donoso

2022

Journal of Politics in Latin America

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“…Una de estas expectativas es la posibilidad de modificar la posición de origen y avanzar en la estructura social (Sandel, 2020). Pese a la reducción de la pobreza desde el retorno de la democracia en 1990, existe aún un esquema rígido de movilidad ascendente (Cabalin, 2012), donde la gran mayoría de las personas se autopercibe como clase media, pero no tendría las características de este estrato (Barozet & Espinoza, 2016).…”

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Ciudadanía y representaciones sociales en telenovelas chilenas. Un contexto para la formación de audiencias juveniles

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Cabalin²,

Andrada³

2022

Comysoc

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In this article, we analyze the social representations produced by the discourses of three current Chilean telenovelas and their contribution to the citizenship education of young people. From a qualitative and narratological perspective, the analyzed productions allow these audiences to self-identify with characters, problematize citizen issues based on the fictitious situations presented by these stories, use explanatory categories to solve the dilemma at hand, and critically analyze the stories, which are fundamental components of citizen education.

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“…This could possibly capture the heterogeneity of the effect according to respondents' position in the social structure. Chile is a highly unequal society with high levels of social closure (Méndez & Gayo, 2019), and, despite their internal heterogeneity, a large proportion of the intermediate social groups, that is, the middle classes, share support for neoliberal policies and the status quo (Barozet & Espinoza, 2016;Barozet & Fierro, 2011;Méndez, 2008). For example, as shown in Figure 7, individuals that completed secondary education are the group with the highest level of national pride before the protests but this was equaled by the highly educated population in Nevertheless, we have no direct measurements of social class for a more robust test of this hypothesis.…”

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Pride and Protest: Emotional response in the aftermath of the Chilean social outburst

Olivos¹,

Ayala²,

Leyton³

2020

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In recent months, Chile, like many other countries around the world, has undergone a wave of widespread street protests calling for structural changes and challenging the “Chilean miracle.” This study uses an interrupted public opinion poll to assess the effect on the moral sentiments of the general population of the first weeks of the Chilean social crisis that began in October 2019. Our findings suggest that emotions toward the country, official symbols, and economic development were negatively affected by the crisis. Protests signaled that not everything in the country was as thought, generating a moral shock that affected shared emotions about the country. However, at the same time, the specific reciprocal moral sentiments between fellow citizens were positively affected. Hence, the social crisis emerges as an opportunity to strengthen collective ties either by sharing sentiments toward who is responsible for the movement or between Chileans. In the aftermath of October 18, the effect on emotions could explain the massive scale and durability of the social movement.

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Current Issues on the Political Representation of Middle Classes in Chile

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Cited by 12 publications

References 32 publications

Social Inequalities in Argentina and Chile: A Comparative Analysis of Welfare Models, Labour Policies, and Occupational Trajectories from a Biographical Perspective

Social Inequalities in Argentina and Chile: A Comparative Analysis of Welfare Models, Labour Policies, and Occupational Trajectories from a Biographical Perspective

Ciudadanía y representaciones sociales en telenovelas chilenas. Un contexto para la formación de audiencias juveniles

Pride and Protest: Emotional response in the aftermath of the Chilean social outburst

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