Democratic culture amid the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil: a longitudinal approach

• Autor(a) principal: Moraes, Diego
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Moisés, José Álvaro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Debates
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/debates/article/view/126784

This article uses data from the Values in Crisis project to discuss the extent to which democratic culture was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. This project used a longitudinal panel approach to assess the sociopolitical values and attitudes of a national sample of Brazilians at three different moments of the pandemic. The results show broad stability in most variables of democratic culture throughout the pandemic, suggesting that the coronavirus crisis has not significantly affected the political culture of Brazilians. However, we have identified important variations in the level of sociodemographic disaggregation that deserve consideration. We conclude that, although at first the health crisis has fostered some forces of social capital and support for institutions, the highly troubled political context has limited any opportunity to take advantage of this situation to advance our democracy. Keywords: Democratic Culture. Values in Crisis. Democracy. Longitudinal Panel. COVID-19.