Democracy in the Bullring: The Emergence and Representation of Postmaterial Conflicts in the Andes. (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vergara, Alberto; Baraybar, Viviana
• Other Names: Munck Ronaldo guest-editor.; Sankey Kyla guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Latin American perspectives. Volume 47:Number 5(2020:Sep.)
• Page Start: 131
• Page End: 147
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: Representation -- Postmaterial values -- Bullfighting -- Left leadership -- Social movements; Latin America -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 320.98
• DOI: 10.1177/0094582X20933624
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0094-582X

Abstract

Comparative analysis of the antibullfighting agenda in Bogotá, Lima, and Quito sheds light on the relation between new social movements and left parties. It suggests that, although a social movement is important to the visibility of the agenda, the key variable in achieving a ban on bullfighting in the three capitals has been a decisive left leadership that is not shy about confrontation with traditional elites. Un análisis comparativo de la agenda contra la tauromaquia en Bogotá, Lima y Quito devela la relación entre los nuevos movimientos sociales y los partidos de izquierda. Sugiere que, aunque la existencia de un movimiento social resulta importante para visibilizar dicha agenda, la variable clave para lograr la prohibición de la tauromaquia en las tres capitales ha sido un liderazgo decisivo por parte de la izquierda, que no se ha mostrado tímida cuando se trata de confrontar a las élites tradicionales.