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Since "Hegemony and socialist strategy", Ernesto Laclau has adopted Claude Lefort´s understanding of modern democracy regarding his own work. However, in his posterior work and specially in "The populist reason", Laclau´s conceptualization of democratic experience confronts with his initial thoughts, causing a rupture with Lefort´s understanding on the subject. This paper has two objectives. On the one hand, it will try to clarify how Laclau reads Lefort´s work in "The populist reason", trying to prove that his latter understanding of the democratic experience is –in some aspects- contradictory with that of the French philosopher. On the other hand, it will try to follow Laclau´s consideration of populism, in order to understand the indefinition between Populism and Democracy, a subject that has been –in many cases- poorly studied, and represents one of the main theoretical issues regarding populism. ; Desde "Hegemonía y estrategia socialista", Ernesto Laclau nutre su trabajo teórico con el análisis efectuado por Claude Lefort sobre el advenimiento democrático en la Modernidad. Sin embargo, a lo largo de su obra y especialmente en "La razón populista", confronta directamente con el autor francés, produciendo fricciones en temas centrales para ambas obras, como el rol de lo simbólico, el lugar del poder y las condiciones mismas de posibilidad de la democracia. El presente trabajo contiene dos objetivos. En primer lugar, se intentará mostrar que la lectura de Laclau sobre Lefort no es del todo precisa en su última obra, generando tensiones especialmente en la conceptualización que de la experiencia democrática hacen ambos autores. En segundo lugar, se indagará en la caracterización laclauviana del Populismo, para comprender cómo la introducción de la cuestión de los "grados de encarnación" del pueblo genera una indistinción entre populismo y democracia que ha sido poco estudiada hasta el momento en la literatura especializada, y que constituye –a nuestro juicio- uno de los problemas centrales de "La razón populista".

ABSTRACTThis article analyzes novel patterns of interaction between right-wing parties and protest movements during major contentious cycles in Argentina (2012–13) and Brazil (2013–16), which preceded the advent of the Cambiemos coalition in the former and the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in the latter. Drawing on a dual process-tracing strategy and a wide range of data sources, this study shows that these interactions are central to understanding why and how right-wing parties leverage novel repertoires and resources from digital activists during contemporary protest cycles, a dynamic conceptualized as a new party linkage strategy through digital intermediation. The study traces its three-phase development in both countries, revealing how differences in institutional contexts and the strength of activist groups contributed to divergent trajectories of partisan opposition toward the end of the cycles, regarding both the subsequent reconfiguration of the right and the entry of digital activists into institutional arenas.

In this book we continue Plataforma Democrática's efforts to contributetowards the debate on the paths of democracy in Latin America and worldwide,focusing on the use made of the new means of communication by politicalactivists and how these in turn influence the ways in which politics is conducted.Contemporary democracies face enormous challenges: weakenedpolitical parties, global processes that redefine the national State spossibilities for action, social inequality and distrust of politicians. All theseareas and others not mentioned , are colored and influenced by thenew communication media.This book contains 19 case studies taken from six South Americancountries, presenting a broad range of innovative experiences and theirimpacts on the ways in which civil society, political parties and governmentsare organized and act. The cases of cyberactivism analyzed indicate that noneof them represents a silver bullet an experience capable of resolvingthe multiple challenges faced in constructing higher quality, more robustdemocratic institutions. But they all indicate new possibilities and newchallenges for the development of virtuous relations between the traditionalforms of participation (both in civil society organizations and in politicalparties) and activism in the virtual space.We are at the beginning of a new era, and there is much to learn,to monitor and to analyze. Without ignoring the fact that every attempt atsynthesis is partial and temporary, we hope that this book may contribute to the debate on a subject crucial for the future of democracy. Lastly, we wouldlike to acknowledge the important contribution made by the participants inthe workshops in which the preliminary versions of the texts on the diversecountries studied were presented. ; Fil: Annunziata, Rocío. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina ; Fil: Arpini, Emilia Nora. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina ; Fil: Gold, Tomás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina ; Fil: Zeifer, Paula Bárbara. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina

En el comienzo de un año electoral muy signifitivo para la Argentina, creemos que es importante "pensar las elecciones": lo que las campañas, la selección de las candidaturas, la normativa electoral, los resultados, nos pueden enseñar sobre las transformaciones de la democracia, así como el lugar que ocupan las elecciones en la configuración de la democracia contemporánea con respecto a otras modalidades de expresión de la ciudadanía y formas de legitimidad. A partir de diversos análisis inspirados en las elecciones nacionales del año 2013 en nuestro país, el libro aspira a aportar herramientas para dichas reflexiones, y a estimular el análisis del proceso electoral que se encuentra en ciernes y de otros por venir.