Contemporary oligarchy: the government of few disguised as democracy

It has been sold us the idea of democracy as the government of the people, where the social interests are represented by a single person elected by the society itself. The present proyect pretends, among many others objectives, put into question this definition througth a deductive analysis of the p...

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Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad Antonio Nariño
Repositorio:
Repositorio UAN
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uan.edu.co:123456789/10888
Acceso en línea:
https://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/papeles/article/view/514
https://repositorio.uan.edu.co/handle/123456789/10888
Palabra clave:
abstencionismo
democracia
elecciones
Colombia
gobierno
intereses sociales
información
abstentionism
democracy
elections
Colombia
government
social interests
information
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Summary:It has been sold us the idea of democracy as the government of the people, where the social interests are represented by a single person elected by the society itself. The present proyect pretends, among many others objectives, put into question this definition througth a deductive analysis of the polls made by our investigation group along the last months. In Colombia the act of not voting has become a general action since the half of the last century until today, and although democracy is not just voting, this exercise is a general feature in democratic societies and a categorical factor in knowing the will of the majority. Our final purpose is that to the end of this work the reader may question if the abstentionism phenomenon corresponds to a lack of credibility in democracy, to the desinterest and desinformation of the people, or both.