Constituent Elections in Chile: How to Provide Representation during a Representation Crisis? / Las Elecciones Constituyentes en Chile: ¿Cómo Representar en Medio de una Crisis de Representación?

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Language: This talk will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation.

Chileans are about to elect a Constituent Convention amid a severe crisis of representation. Public trust in political parties has reached historical lows, and the massive 2019 protest movement that gave rise to the constitution-writing process took place outside of—and in opposition to—established parties from Left to Right. What alternative forms of representation are emerging as Chileans prepare to elect a Constituent Convention? And what are the consequences for Chilean democracy?

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Organized By: Harvard DRCLAS