Anuario Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep <p>The <em>Anuario del Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos</em> (Anuario CIEP) is an interdisciplinary, open-access academic journal aimed at academic audiences and the public, with the objective of publishing innovative research in political studies. Founded in 2011, Anuario CIEP focuses on Costa Rican, Central American, Latin American, and global politics.</p> <p>Areas of study include:</p> <ul> <li>Political culture and public opinion</li> <li>Political theory and thought</li> <li>Democracy and human rights</li> <li>State and public policies</li> <li>Political ecology, nature, and power</li> <li>Politics, international political economy, and global studies</li> </ul> <p><em>Anuario CIEP</em> operates under a continuous electronic publication model, with an annual issue opening on March 1st and closing on December 1st each year. The editing and funding of <em>Anuario del CIEP</em> are provided by the <em>Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos</em> (CIEP) of the University of Costa Rica (UCR).</p> <p>This journal publishes under an open access policy and uses a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NonDerivative 4.0 International</a>.</p> es-ES anuario.ciep@ucr.ac.cr (Dr. Alonso Ramírez Cover) anuario.ciep@ucr.ac.cr (Lic. Daniela Carranza Zamora) Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:10:58 -0600 OJS 3.2.1.4 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Perceptions of inequality in Costa Rica https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/62035 <p>Costa Rica is one of the most unequal countries in the world. In recent years, despite a rising inequality, this Central American country continues to uphold imaginaries that support a sense of exceptionality rooted in national myths associated with equality. This article examines Costa Rican perceptions of inequality through a cross-sectional, descriptive, and exploratory quantitative study. For this purpose, the study utilizes the Survey on Freedom of Expression and Trust in the Media conducted by the Center for Research and Political Studies (CIEP) for the Program on Freedom and the Right to Information (PROLEDI 2023). The analysis reveals that factors such as older age and greater trust in public universities are associated with higher perceptions of increasing inequality. Conversely, the data suggest that higher levels of trust in legislators and more frequent consumption of radio and print newspapers are related to lower perceptions of a rising inequality. The article proposes a discussion on institutional, media, and political system factors to explore how the population interprets the increase in economic inequality in Costa Rica. </p> Rodrigo Muñoz-González, Francisco Robles-Rivera, Juan Diego García-Castro, Kristel Acuña Copyright (c) 2025 Rodrigo Muñoz-González, Francisco Robles-Rivera, Juan Diego García-Castro, Kristel Acuña https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/62035 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0600