Representativeness crisis and neopopulism: a regression to human rights

Authors

  • Igor Santos Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/redes.v6i1.3995

Keywords:

Human Rights, Representative Democracy, Populism, Politcs.

Abstract

The emergence of the Modern State and democracy as a form of government changed the relationship between sovereigns and subjects throughout the Western world. However, even in representative democracy the existence of a political elite, which remains in power after several electoral periods, is clear. Through an inductive methodology, using a bibliographical-documentary research, it was possible to understand how one of the many strategies this elite uses to stay in power, mainly after the re-democratization: populism. The question that this paper intends to answer is: is neopopulism a human rights risk? It is concluded that these strategies for the maintenance of political power lead, if not into an impairment, at least into a limitation of human rights and their legal understanding.

Author Biography

Igor Santos, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

Mestrando em Direitos Humanos pela UFMS (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul), Especialista em Direito Empresarial pela UFU (Universidade Federal de Uberlândia), professor de Legislação, Ética e Cidadania na FAENG-UFMS.

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Published

2018-05-29

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018)

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