Las expresiones del ambientalismo en la competencia electoral: el caso de Chile
Las expresiones del ambientalismo en la competencia electoral: el caso de Chile
Authors
Maillet, Antoine
Muñoz, Nicolás
Muñoz, Nicolás
Profesor Guía
Authors
Date
2023
Datos de publicación:
10.7770/rchdcp-v14n1-art62
Revista Chilena de Derecho y Ciencia Política, Vol.14, Nº 1, 1-28, 2023
Revista Chilena de Derecho y Ciencia Política, Vol.14, Nº 1, 1-28, 2023
Tipo de recurso
Artículo de Revista
Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas, Económicas y Administrativas
Keywords
Ambientalismo - Ecologismo - Elecciones - Chile
Materia geográfica
Chile
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Abstract
Son escasos los estudios de ciencia política que abordan la participación en la arena electoral de las demandas ambientales en América Latina. Para llenar este vacío, analizamos en este trabajo exploratorio las expresiones electorales del ambientalismo en Chile desde 1993 hasta 2021. Durante este período, el ambientalismo se ha expresado en la arena electoral mediante dos opciones, a veces complementarias y otras en competencia. Por un lado, se han constituido partidos políticos específicos, y por el otro activistas de la movilización ambiental han participado directamente. Independiente de la opción, los resultados electorales han sido bajos hasta el año 2021, cuando los candidatos ambientalistas tuvieron votaciones altas en las elecciones de gobernadores regionales y de convencionales constituyentes. Sin embargo, en las elecciones legislativas de ese mismo año el resultado volvió a ser bajo, pero al mismo tiem-po las demandas ambientales fueron recogidas por actores como el candidato y luego presidente Gabriel Boric. Queda por ver si se consolidará una expresión electoral propia del ambientalismo en Chile.
There are few political science studies that address the participation in the electoral arena of environmental demands in Latin America. To fill this gap, we analyze in this exploratory work the electoral expressions of environmentalism in Chile from 1993 to 2021. During this period, environmentalism has been expressed in the electoral arena through two options, sometimes complementary and at other times in competition. On the one hand, specific political parties have been formed, and on the other, environmental mobilization activists have participated directly. Regardless of the approach adopted, the electoral results have been low until 2021, when environmentalist candidates achieved good results in the elections for regional governors and conventional constituents. However, in the legislative elections of 2022 the result was again low, but at the same time environmental demands have been given exposure by actors such as candidate, and subsequently President, Gabriel Boric. Thus, it remains to be seen whether an electoral expression of environmentalism will become consolidated in Chile.
There are few political science studies that address the participation in the electoral arena of environmental demands in Latin America. To fill this gap, we analyze in this exploratory work the electoral expressions of environmentalism in Chile from 1993 to 2021. During this period, environmentalism has been expressed in the electoral arena through two options, sometimes complementary and at other times in competition. On the one hand, specific political parties have been formed, and on the other, environmental mobilization activists have participated directly. Regardless of the approach adopted, the electoral results have been low until 2021, when environmentalist candidates achieved good results in the elections for regional governors and conventional constituents. However, in the legislative elections of 2022 the result was again low, but at the same time environmental demands have been given exposure by actors such as candidate, and subsequently President, Gabriel Boric. Thus, it remains to be seen whether an electoral expression of environmentalism will become consolidated in Chile.