Uneven Participation: Socio‐Territorial Inequality and Political Participation in Buenos Aires

How do socio‐territorial inequalities – i.e. social inequalities embedded in urban space – relate to political participation? Based on qualitative fieldwork conducted in the poorest and richest neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires, we identified contrasting patterns regarding three aspects: motivations of participation, repertoires and state response. We conclude that participatory patterns in strongly unequal cities tend to reproduce rather than attenuate the uneven exercise of citizenship.

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Bulletin of Latin American Research
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2025-04-22
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https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70020
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Latin American socio-political dynamics
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Uneven Participation: Socio‐Territorial Inequality and Political Participation in Buenos Aires

Rocío Annunziata, Sam Halvorsen, Sebastián Mauro
Bulletin of Latin American Research
Latin American socio-political dynamics
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Uneven Participation: Socio‐Territorial Inequality and Political Participation in Buenos Aires

Rocío Annunziata, Sam Halvorsen, Sebastián Mauro
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How do socio‐territorial inequalities – i.e. social inequalities embedded in urban space – relate to political participation? Based on qualitative fieldwork conducted in the poorest and richest neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires, we identified contrasting patterns regarding three aspects: motivations of participation, repertoires and state response. We conclude that participatory patterns in strongly unequal cities tend to reproduce rather than attenuate the uneven exercise of citizenship.

Bulletin of Latin American ResearchVol. 45(1)
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR), Queen Mary University of London (GB), National University of General San Martín (AR), Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics (AR)
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Latin American socio-political dynamics
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