- I have two projects in this sub-agenda:
- Social arenas as arenas for politicial participation in Latin America.
- With Veronica Hurtado (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez)
- Forthcoming in Cambridge Elements in Comparative Political Behavior
- We examine how participation in non-traditional arenas shapes democratic attitudes.
- Using LAPOP data and case studies from Peru, Guatemala, and Chile, we show that social arenas, such as religious meetings and parent associations, frequently function as political arenas, where politically consequential initiatives and movements are originated.
- We also find that not all participation reinforces democracy: while voting is associated with stronger democratic support, participation in certain social arenas correlates with weaker support for democratic values.
- Participation in social programs and traditional political arenas
- Building on the previous project, I use panel data from Peru to test whether involvement in social programs increases political engagement, challenging the view that such programs discourage participation because of stigma.
- Social arenas as arenas for politicial participation in Latin America.
Viviana Baraybar-Hidalgo
Research Fellow – Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science
