Abstract

AVARO, Dante  and  SANCHEZ Y SANCHEZ, Carlos Luis. Cleavage: a Methodological Approach. Rev. mex. cienc. polít. soc [online]. 2025, vol.70, n.253, pp.77-96.  Epub May 26, 2025. ISSN 0185-1918.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.2025.253.89222.

This paper describes the nature and scope of the cleavage using five preconditions or clauses that serve, in turn, as a protocol for the observation of structural conflict and its theoretical-conceptual development. The clauses allow the analysis of two classic topics: the issue of “latent” cleavage and the methodological treatment of potential new cleavages. The paper concludes by analyzing, on the one hand, the role that the theoretical model of cleavage plays in democratic theory and, on the other hand, the overlapping relationship between cleavage and the concept of polarization.

Keywords : cleavage; political theory; structural conflict; democracy; polarization.

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