Abstract

Examining the social movements that have occurred in recent years in the Dominican Republic is valuable in itself, while allowing consideration of aspects of the more general historical trends. These movements, in effect, are inscribed in various levels of structural change, such as the transition from a weakly modernized type of agro-export economy to one supported by services linked abroad. Politically, they can be considered as a counterpart of the democratic order, evidence of the practical limits of their assumptions in the political system, both with regard to the representation by the parties of the interests of the population and the fact that they are the ideal channel of communication. negotiation with the state.