Latin America Civil Society, Argentina

FORNI, PABLO; FONTECOVA, A.; CASTRONUOVO, L.; MARIANA NARDONE

Colima, México

Congreso; Seminar on Japan-Mexico Civil Society; 2008

Universidad de Colima (México)

A lot has been written lately about the civil society ?its organizations, its ways of demonstrationsand democratic participation; and the links between civil society, the State, and the market. Thisdebate began and consolidated in Argentina in the so-called ―democratic transition‖. Thedemocratic opening in 1983 was the driving force of new hopes and frustrations for intellectuals,politicians, artists, militants, and citizenship. It was believed that democracy, alone, could solvemany of the social, political, and economic problems that affected the country. These expectationswere lowered in the end; and, in some cases, they even changed into apathy or widespreaddisappointment. Nevertheless, many people think that we have not reached the limits of this debateyet; or that these limits may change and enable alternatives that have not been subject ofdiscussion yet