Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/237731 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 166/2021
Publisher: 
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin, Institute for International Political Economy (IPE), Berlin
Abstract: 
Starting on 18 October 2019, Chile experienced the largest mass protests in its history. The movement was immensely broad in its demands and diverse in tactics and participants. The citizens' discontent went beyond solely one issue, addressing a more equal welfare system and social justice, among other things. But it was not only about street protests; the social movement also caused an avalanche in social media exchanges and initiated a dialogue among Chileans in the form of neighbourhood associations. This paper argues that long-standing inequalities, the inability of politics to address them, a growing distancing of the population from politics, and the process of the citizens' politicisation were the reasons for the mass protests.
Subjects: 
Social movements
Chile
inequality
mass protests
civil society
Latin America
social media
political opportunities
social justice
JEL: 
O54
I38
Z13
N36
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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