(2019) Bruno, Daniela; Barreiro, Alicia; Tribunal Superior Eleitoral
The aim of this study is understand the social representations
of democracy showed in the narratives of Argentine adolescents (N=32)
aged between 16 and 18 years. A semi-structured interview was used, which was
based on Piaget's clinical method. The results obtained show that adolescents
represent democracy as a fundamental mechanism for the operation of the representative
democratic regime and the inherent principles of this form of government.
It is concluded that these ways of representing democracy seem to
overshadow the possibility of regarding it as a system of government, that is, a
broad political institution.
