Is Polarisation Affecting Conviviality in Latin America? The Cases of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

In Latin America, polarisation is on the rise, which poses a challenge to conviviality in particular since it hampers democratic debate, entails a rollback of rights, and leads to growing animosity between opposing political party supporters, which has been referred to as “affective polarisation”. Social, ethnic, and racial inequalities were politicised by progressive forces, bringing the redistributive agenda back to the forefront. In the context of accelerated changes in family models and reproductive rights, issues of the cultural-moral agenda entered the public sphere and came to the centre of intense political conflict. Despite growing research on political polarisation, we still know little about what is happening in these societies and how it affects conviviality. A panel of researchers from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico will discuss the problems facing their societies from different perspectives.