In general terms, the results show a significant disconnection between the positions of the elites and those expressed by the majority of the Chilean population. In aspects as diverse as migration, the role that the State must assume in the provision of Iceland Phone Number List social services or economic and class conflicts, a particularly significant distance is observed between the economic elite and the citizenry. This is important because it problematizes the Iceland Phone Number List consequences that the conversion of economic inequality into political inequality can have.
If it is true that great disparities of resources can be translated into disparities of voice and influence to ensure that the preferences of Iceland Phone Number List privileged groups prevail over those of lesser resources13, that these preferences are very different profoundly weakens the potential of democracies to produce public policies Iceland Phone Number List in favor of the majority14. Likewise, and with respect to the inequalities that characterize our times, this not only intensifies Iceland Phone Number List Iceland Phone Number Listmistrust in economic and political institutions that seem to benefit a minority15, but it puts at risk the basic supports of capitalism and contemporary welfare policies, aggravating the secession of the rich and the insufficiency of redistributive institutions, which in turn favors the formation of a patrimonial capitalism16. In more specific terms, the results also allow us to advance in the study of elites in the 21st
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The data suggests that these are not a completely homogeneous and monolithic group, but rather that in some cases they have diverse opinions and even positions that coincide with the citizenry. This is particularly prominent with regard to the Iceland Phone Number List cultural elite, although it is also sometimes identifiable in the political elite. Such a result is important when thinking about social, political and economic reforms, making it possible to advance in coalitions that go beyond ideological differences regarding some issues and incorporate leaderships Iceland Phone Number List that occupy influential positions in different social spheres. On highly controversial issues, however, this type of alliance is more complex, which is why the degree of success in each case will depend on the construction of majorities that have broad bases of support,