Between the Liberal Individual and the Republican Citizen: the Debate on the Compulsory Voting in the Birth of Uruguayan Democracy
In the light of the debate on compulsory voting in the National Constituent Convention of Uruguay of 1916-1917, this text reconstructs the ascendancy of a republican ideology in Uruguayan politics, in counterpoint with different liberal positions. Without major semantic or discursive forcings, the t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Estudos Ibero-Americanos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/32800 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/iberoamericana/article/view/32800 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Republicanism. Liberalism. Citizenship. Voting. Uruguay. Republicanismo. Liberalismo. Ciudadanía. Voto. Uruguay. Republicanismo. Liberalismo. Ciudadanía. Voto. Uruguay |
| Sumario: | In the light of the debate on compulsory voting in the National Constituent Convention of Uruguay of 1916-1917, this text reconstructs the ascendancy of a republican ideology in Uruguayan politics, in counterpoint with different liberal positions. Without major semantic or discursive forcings, the text analyzes the existing connections between the positions for and against compulsory voting and the republican and liberal political legacies that have been encouraging much of the conventional debates on the citizen matter and its recent reactivation. The article also allows us to glimpse the attraction that the policy of ideas exerted in the foundational debates of Uruguayan democracy, as well as the normative and political relevance of the deliberative exchanges held in that constitutional body. |
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