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Inequality and the Socioeconomic Dimensions of Mobility in Protests: The Cases of Quito and Santiago

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Año de publicación 2021
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Descripción: Abstract: Mobility is a multifaceted concept with social, economic and political implications. This article reflects on the role of mobility and its relation to precarity in the emergence of protests in both Quito (Ecuador) and Santiago (Chile) in 2019 by examining the interplay between mobility and inequality. It argues that the announced increases in transport and fuel costs in Chile and Ecuador exposed obstacles to spatial and social mobility and existing inequalities. Although the protests arose in response to the announced reduction in fuel subsidies and possible increases in transport costs, we propose that they reflect a deeper issue, relating to the vulnerability of the livelihoods of significant segments of the population, despite the fact that both Quito and Santiago have seen improvements in several poverty and inequality indicators in recent years. We discuss how mobility and geography relate to patterns of structural marginalisation that are not necessarily evident from aggregate economic indicators, and how understanding inequality in terms of the ‘right to the city’ and access to public services explain the protests in both countries as a response to existing segregation and deep-seated inequalities.
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: Fabio Andrés; Palacio Ludena Díaz Pabón, "Inequality and the Socioeconomic Dimensions of Mobility in Protests: The Cases of Quito and Santiago", Quito (Ecuador); Santiago de Chile (Chile):-, 2021. Consultado en línea en la Biblioteca Digital de Bogotá (https://www.bibliotecadigitaldebogota.gov.co/resources/3711484/), el día 2025-08-20.

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Cobertura Quito (Ecuador); Santiago de Chile (Chile)

Inequality and the Socioeconomic Dimensions of Mobility in Protests: The Cases of Quito and Santiago

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