Metaphors and Emotions in Chile’s Constitutional Debate
Linguist George Lakoff argues that much of politics revolves not around a rational exchange of ideas, but around conflicts between different moral-ethical values regarding how to constitute the family.
The Challenges of the constitutional process in Chile
The constitutional plebiscite showed three milestones: the option in favor of constitutional change was widely supported; the results confirm the distance that exists between the citizenry and the political institutions; and the highest participation was reached since the voluntary vote was established (2012).