By Marcos Pérez Talia
There is a certain consensus in the academic world that something is happening to democracies in all latitudes. Different authors, from different areas of the social sciences, have been warning about a crisis of democracy, whether in terms of an eventual democratic regression, or even a process of democratic mutation. An authoritative voice on the subject is the French sociologist Pierre Rosanvallon, who in his book entitled “Democratic Legitimacy” explores the possible causes of the crisis. This article addresses the phenomenon of Paraguay’s (weak) democracy based on Pierre Rosanvallon’s analytical proposal.