Costa Rican nationalism
Costa Rican nationalism is the
Analysis
The myth of rural democracy revolves around the idea that Costa Rica has always been democratic: that since colonial times, Costa Ricans have enjoyed a society where all from the governor to peasants have had a voice and vote in decisions. This depiction of a perfectly egalitarian society has been questioned by academics such as Iván Molina, who challenge the image of a colonial and post-colonial, democratic and horizontal Costa Rica, arguing that in fact there existed a powerful, liberal, coffee-growing bourgeoisie that controlled the country.[2] Nevertheless, it is generally accepted that unlike many of its neighbors, the social hierarchy in Costa Rica was never so marked, especially in the absence of an aristocracy with noble titles imported from Spain as in other Latin American nations, and the configuration of land ownership prevented the emergence of large latifundia. Furthermore, social reforms beginning in the forties permitted a degree of social mobility, such that today it is common for working and middle class people to rise to public office as deputies and have on occasion risen to the office of president, even as a privileged political-business class persists.
The racial myth is based on the idea that Costa Ricans in general are
According to scholar
From these myths originate a series of elements typical of Costa Rican nationalism that derive from one or the other, as they are; an idyllic view of the colonial period, coffee producers as the foundation of the nation, Costa Rican centrism, ethnic democracy as exceptionally good, and the country's superiority over many of its neighbors, represented in the phrase "Central American Switzerland.[7]
History
Different nationalist sentiments have been awakened in the populations, especially during armed conflicts with their neighbors, such as the
The Independent National Party of Jorge González Martén also identified itself as a nationalist party and its followers called themselves nationalists, as well as in their propaganda for the
References
- ^ Dobles, Aurelia Mitos de fundación y autoengaño Áncora, La Nación.
- ^ Molina Jiménez, Iván. Elecciones y democracia en Costa Rica, 1885-1913. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 70. 2001.
- ^ ISSN 0377-7316
- ^ Agencia EFE (12 June 2015). "Celebran declaración constitucional de Costa Rica multiétnica y pluricultural" (in Spanish). Radio Columbia. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
- ^ ISBN 9-78-0-415-26707-6.
- ISSN 1659-4223.
- ^ Acuña Ortega, Víctor Hugo. Mito de la la nación costarricense Áncora, La Nación.
- EUNED
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- Universidad de Costa Rica