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<journal-id>0121-4705</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Análisis Político]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[anal.polit.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0121-4705</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Estudios Políticos y Relaciones Internacionales (IEPRI), Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0121-47052025000200113</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/anpol.v38n111.125128</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[LA VALORACIÓN EXPERTA Y LA MIRADA CIUDADANA SOBRE LA DEMOCRACIA COLOMBIANA]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[EXPERT ASSESSMENT AND THE PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE ON COLOMBIAN DEMOCRACY]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Pico]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Clara Rocío]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guzmán Sierra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Harold Andrés]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>111</numero>
<fpage>113</fpage>
<lpage>135</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0121-47052025000200113&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0121-47052025000200113&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0121-47052025000200113&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En un contexto global caracterizado por el declive de la democracia, el presente artículo reflexiona sobre el caso colombiano, preguntándose hasta dónde las evaluaciones de académicos y expertos, reflejadas en cuatro importantes índices internacionales (Varieties of Democracy, V-Dem; Freedom House, FH; The Economic Intelligence Unit´s Democracy index (EIU) y The Global State of Democracy of International IDEA, IDEA), se alinean o contrastan con la mirada que los propios colombianos han expresado en diversas encuestas de opinión. Como viene registrándose en otras latitudes, el resultado muestra una brecha entre ambas valoraciones, según la cual la mirada de la gente plantea un mayor escepticismo que la de los expertos frente a la calidad, el desempeño y el funcionamiento del régimen político.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In a global context characterized by the decline of democracy, this article reflects on the Colombian case, asking to what extent the assessments of academics and experts, reflected in four important international indices (Varieties of Democracy, V-Dem; Freedom House, FH; The Economic Intelligence Unit&#8217;s Democracy Index (EIU) and The Global State of Democracy of International IDEA, IDEA), align or contrast with the views that Colombians themselves have expressed in various opinion polls. As has been observed in other countries, the results show a gap between the two assessments, with the public expressing greater skepticism than experts regarding the quality, performance, and functioning of the political regime.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Political representation]]></kwd>
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