Bachelet's citizens' democracy

摘要

There is no doubting the star quality of Michelle Bachelet. The woman who will be sworn in as president on March nth has already altered Chile's idea of itself. The great economic success story of Latin America has also long been seen as its most socially conservative country. Ms Bachelet, however, is an agnostic separated mother of three children who hails from the left-wing of the Socialist Party and spent years of exile in East Germany. Can she strike a successful balance between change and continuity?