Resumo

AVARO, Dante. Democracy and Populism: on the Metaphor “Shaking the Status Quo”. Rev. mex. opinión pública [online]. 2023, n.35, pp.57-73.  Epub 05-Fev-2024. ISSN 2448-4911.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2023.35.85540.

The public opinion of pluralistic democracies is manifested against conformity. Public opinion associates that idea with a status quo that avoids changes and per petuates the absence of response. In summary: the status quo represents negative immobility. The fact that the citizen public understands democracy as a regime of government open to change is antagonistic to the status quo. Therefore, many political analysts and actors see the populist phenomenon as a political force that drives changes to the status quo. Thus, this work analyzes the nature and scope of the metaphor “shaking the status quo.”

Palavras-chave : Democracy; populism; conformity; innovation; statu quo democratic.