Descentralización y partidos políticos en América Latina: un estado de la cuestión
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Simison, Emilia
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2015-07-01
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El presente artículo presenta una revisión de la literatura sobre el rol que los partidos políticos cumplieron en los procesos de descentralización política, económica y administrativa en América Latina, tanto como variable dependiente como independiente. Dicha revisión realiza un aporte a la comprensión de los sistemas políticos de la región y su evolución reciente y provee explicaciones para las diferencias encontradas entre los distintos países de la región. Además, permite observar desde una óptica distinta de la usual fenómenos relevantes para el estudio de América Latina. Especialmente significativos son la conformación y cambio de los sistemas de partidos nacionales, la interrelación partidaria entre niveles nacionales y subnacionales y las motivaciones de los políticos y de los partidos políticos en tanto organizaciones con objetivos definidos.
This paper presents a state of the art of the literature about the role political parties played in the process of political, economic and administrative decentralization in Latin America, both as dependent and independent variables. It makes a contribution to the understanding of the region’s political systems and their recent evolution, and suggests explanations for the differences found among the countries of the region. Furthermore, it provides an original point of view from which to observe events of relevance for the study of Latin America. Of particular significance are the national party systems development and shifts, the interrelation between national and subnational party arenas, and the motivations behind the actions of individuals politicians and political parties considered as organization with given goals.
This paper presents a state of the art of the literature about the role political parties played in the process of political, economic and administrative decentralization in Latin America, both as dependent and independent variables. It makes a contribution to the understanding of the region’s political systems and their recent evolution, and suggests explanations for the differences found among the countries of the region. Furthermore, it provides an original point of view from which to observe events of relevance for the study of Latin America. Of particular significance are the national party systems development and shifts, the interrelation between national and subnational party arenas, and the motivations behind the actions of individuals politicians and political parties considered as organization with given goals.