Uruguay: A counterexample of malaise in representation: A propitious transformation of the old party democracy

In this comparative study, Uruguay serves as a contrasting case and could, in fact, be considered a counterexample of malaise. In this context and, indeed, a broader comparative horizon, the interest of Uruguay, with its distinctive features, lies precisely in the absence of significant signs in citizen attitudes and behaviors of political disenchantment or malaise in representation. This absence or, inversely, the causes of significant political satisfaction are what call for explanation. As Chasquetti (Chap.) points out in his chapter of this book, some citizens in Uruguay, as in other contemporary democracies, do express a certain malaise but this is a limited phenomenon and within the parameters of the normal functioning of a democratic regime.