Constitutional Change and Social Demands: Can the Gap be Closed? / Cambio Constitucional y Demandas Sociales: ¿Se Puede Cerrar la Brecha?

Date: 

Friday, March 19, 2021, 11:00am


This event is part of the Academic Forum for the New Constitution in Chile.

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Speakers: Daniel Brinks, Professor of Government and of Law and Chair of the Government Department, University of Texas- Austin; Rossana Castiglioni, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and History, Universidad Diego Portales; Yanira Zúñiga, Professor of the Institute of Public Law, Universidad Austral de Chile; Marisol Peña, Professor of Constitutional Law, Department of Public Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica

Moderated by: Sebastián Soto, Professor, Public Law Department; Director of the Public Law Department, School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica; DRCLAS Luksic Visiting Scholar, 2013-14

The 2019 protests revealed to the world a huge gap between the results of the Chilean democratic system and the social demands of ordinary Chileans citizen. Although many international observers viewed Chile as a political and economic model, in recent years public dissatisfaction with the functioning of both the political and economic systems reached levels extraordinarily high. That is why the current constituent process is seen as a way to address the growing social demands that have shaken the Chilean political and economic system. This forum will analyze whether the process of writing the Constitution, will be able to effectively address the social demands that have shaken the country and restore public confidence?

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Las protestas del año 2019 revelaron al mundo una enorme brecha entre los resultados del sistema democrático chileno y las demandas sociales de los chilenos comunes y corrientes. Aunque muchos observadores internacionales consideraban a Chile como un modelo político y económico, en los últimos años la insatisfacción pública con el funcionamiento tanto del sistema político como económico llegaron a niveles extraordinariamente altos. Es por eso que el actual proceso constituyente es visto como una forma de abordar las crecientes demandas sociales que han sacudido al sistema político y económico chileno. Este foro analizará si el proceso de redacción de la Constitución ¿podrá efectivamente abordar las demandas sociales que han sacudido al país y restaurar la confianza pública?

In Collaboration with / En colaboración con:

Facultad de Gobierno, Universidad de Chile
Instituto Milenio Fundamentos de los Datos
Laboratorio Constitucional, Universidad Diego Portales
Facultad de Derecho, Pontificia Universidad Católica
Instituto de Ciencia Política, Facultad de Historia, Geografía y Ciencia Política, Pontificia Universidad Católica
Harvard Association of Chilean Students

Sponsored by / Patrocinado por:

Fundación Luksic Scholars