La rosa roja deshojada. Historia conceptual de la justicia social, del futuro y de la socialdemocracia en Costa Rica, 1976-2007
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Esta tesis analiza cómo los dirigentes del Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) en Costa Rica conceptualizaron la justicia social, el futuro y la socialdemocracia entre 1976 y 2007, en un contexto marcado por la crisis del modelo desarrollista y la transición al neoliberalismo. A través del estudio de discursos políticos, se examina cómo estos conceptos estructuraron las representaciones del Estado, la economía y la comunidad política costarricense durante un período de profundas transformaciones globales. El análisis se centra en tres momentos clave: el simposio “La Costa Rica del año 2000” (1976), donde se debatió el papel del Estado en el desarrollo; la crisis de los años ochenta y noventa, que reformuló las expectativas de futuro; y el proceso de apertura comercial y adhesión al modelo neoliberal con el TLC (2002-2007). Desde la historia conceptual y la historia político-intelectual, la investigación busca comprender las tensiones semánticas que acompañaron el desplazamiento del ideal socialdemócrata hacia una visión del Estado basada en el libre mercado y el mérito individual. Al situar estos debates en una escala transnacional, se evidencia la circulación global de ideas y su apropiación local por parte del PLN. Este estudio propone que historizar los conceptos de justicia social, futuro y socialdemocracia permite reevaluar las posibilidades de reconstruir un proyecto democrático más igualitario en la actualidad.
This thesis examines how the leaders of Costa Rica’s National Liberation Party (PLN) conceptualized social justice, the future, and social democracy between 1976 and 2007, amid the crisis of the developmentalist model and the global transition to neoliberalism. By analyzing political discourses, it explores how these concepts shaped the party’s understanding of the state, the economy, and the political community during a period of profound ideological transformation. The study focuses on three key moments: the symposium “Costa Rica in the Year 2000” (1976), which debated the state’s developmental role; the economic and political crises of the 1980s and 1990s, which reshaped national expectations of the future; and the neoliberal turn consolidated with the Central America U.S. Free Trade Agreement (2002-2007). Drawing on conceptual history and political intellectual history, the research traces the semantic shifts that accompanied the move from a social-democratic ideal to a neoliberal vision of the state grounded in free markets and individual merit. By framing these debates within transnational intellectual exchanges, the study reveals how global ideas circulated and were locally reinterpreted by the PLN. It argues that historicizing the concepts of social justice, future, and social democracy helps reassess the potential for reconstructing a more egalitarian democratic project today.
This thesis examines how the leaders of Costa Rica’s National Liberation Party (PLN) conceptualized social justice, the future, and social democracy between 1976 and 2007, amid the crisis of the developmentalist model and the global transition to neoliberalism. By analyzing political discourses, it explores how these concepts shaped the party’s understanding of the state, the economy, and the political community during a period of profound ideological transformation. The study focuses on three key moments: the symposium “Costa Rica in the Year 2000” (1976), which debated the state’s developmental role; the economic and political crises of the 1980s and 1990s, which reshaped national expectations of the future; and the neoliberal turn consolidated with the Central America U.S. Free Trade Agreement (2002-2007). Drawing on conceptual history and political intellectual history, the research traces the semantic shifts that accompanied the move from a social-democratic ideal to a neoliberal vision of the state grounded in free markets and individual merit. By framing these debates within transnational intellectual exchanges, the study reveals how global ideas circulated and were locally reinterpreted by the PLN. It argues that historicizing the concepts of social justice, future, and social democracy helps reassess the potential for reconstructing a more egalitarian democratic project today.
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Conceptos, socialdemocracia, intelectuales, Historia, Futuro
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